Vlatava

## Background

Vlatava is a country in Eastern Europe. The country is currently run by Queen Perdita, the only daughter of the former King André of House Zytle. It is north of Markovia, east of Kasnia & Hungary, west of the Black Sea & south of Ukraine.

At one point, Kasnia, Vlatava & Markovia were neighbors a country called Yugoslavia. The country was forged after World War I as a common state of all South Slavs but would meet its demise in the 1990s after a series of political upheavals & conflicts following the intrinsic bombings that went off across the globe. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, a large portion of the land became Bulgravia, with Kasnia taking another large chunk then Vlatava & Markovia splitting the remainder.

The country was formerly run by King Aubrey Zytle II, the first born son of the former king. He came into rule in his late 20s, following the sudden death of both of his parents. He was well loved king, despite his inexperience. He married shortly into reign & produced one son name Jean-Michel. Unlike his parents, he was not known as a moral man & became obsessed with wealth & power. As a political move, he married the shy Alessandra of another royal family nearby. Alessandra gave birth to three children; Claire, André & Werner. King Aubrey II died shirtly after the birth of his third grandchild, leading to Jean-Michel being crowned the new ruler of Vlatava.

Though Claire was the oldest of her siblings, she was not expected to take on the throne from her father. To secure his eldest son's role as future king, Claire was married to Alvaro Thiebaut II, a colonel in the kingdom's army & the son of Count Alvaro Thiebaut I. Prince André was raised to to take the throne while his other son, Prince Werner would likely also hold a high title in court.

Prince André eventually took the throne after his father was killed in the 1987 bombings that devastated various countries. His mother helped in the early years as André was just in his late teens. Unlike his predecessors, André would not have kids until a decade into his reign, giving birth to a daughter named Perdita. Unfortunately, his wife died during childbirth. At the age of thirteen, Perdita became Queen of Vlatava following the assassination of her father & her own attempted assassination (both at the hands of her Uncle Werner).

## Trivia

* In 2009, the Suicide Squad was sent here to handle a group of American right-wing extremists that are intending to spark open war with Russia by funding a revolution led secretly by brutal Vlatavan General Kaligari. The revolutionaries attempt to hire Deashot to kill Waller for $100,000 but Waller counters with an offer $100,001 to shoot Kaligari. Killer Frost stops the revolution by kidnapping Kaligari, who Deadshot then kills.
* In 2012, Princess Perdita fell ill & required a heart transplant. She was hospitalized at Evergreen Medical Center but her heart donor was located in Ivy Town so Impulse was given the task of carrying the heart across the country. Perdita's uncle Werner Zytle planned to assassinate her father on foreign soil then halt her transplant so he would be made King of Vlatava. Though he succeeded in killing her father, the Flash was able to trick him to ensure Perdita's survival.
* The Vlatavan language is one of the Bulgravian-Kasnian-Markovic-Vlatavan (BKMV) languages, which is a pluricentric South Slavic language with four standard varieties. Many consider them to be one common language but with different dialects. Those who speak Kasnian can communicate with people from Vlatava without any obstacles as the main differences are in pronunciation/melody of speech. The turbulent history of the area resulted in a patchwork of dialectal & religious differences.