It would be hard to find a European city that has a worse reputation than Bartovias, with crime, rubbish, graffiti and dereliction featuring in every description over the last 60 years.
With unemployment running at 11% and the city government essentially bankrupt, there are few bright spots in Bartovias future. One of the few, however, is a new venture run by Sergio Leone, who has returned to the city of his birth to try and make the impossible a reality.
Along with tanning (the process of treating animal skin’s to produce leather), dyeing has a long and glorious history in Bartovia. The difference today, though, is that Sergio Leones mission is to bring to a centuries-old tradition the very latest bleeding-edge technology.