WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Wolverine #11, by Benjamin Percy, Scot Eaton, JP Mayer, Matthew Wilson & VC's Cory Petit, on sale now
Dracula is one of the most powerful villainous forces within the entire Marvel Universe, utilizing a host of grisly and mystical advantages over the years as he gained followers and power. However, it turns out that there's one Marvel hero that he envies.
In Wolverine #11, Dracula reveals he has grown jealous of Charles Xavier and his work in establishing the mutant nation Krakoa as a global powerhouse. Now, he wants to use the quick ascension of Krakoa as a blueprint to the expansion of his own Vampire Nation.
The Marvel Universe has seen a number of new nations springing up in recent years, most notably the mutant nation of Krakoa. Despite suffering plenty of international incidents since the formation of Krakoa, the X-Men have been able to weather many of the challenges that come inherently with creating a new nation-state. Another Marvel figure who's been trying to install that same sense of inevitability and influence is Dracula. Following a confrontation with the Avengers, Dracula has been able to establish his own vampire nation within the ruins of Chernobyl. However, he's been attempting to find new ways to further spread his dark influence, finding success with elements of Wolverine's healing factor that can be found in his blood -- which is able to give vampires the ability to survive in the sunlight.
To that end, Dracula has been utilizing a double agent on Krakoa by forcing Omega Red to serve as his mutant double agent. While visiting Chernoybl to confront his master, Omega Red ends up having a conversation where Dracula expresses some outright appreciation and jealously over Krakoa. He notes one shared element of the Vampire Nation and Krakoa is that they both understand that true power is exclusionary and that only the strongest are able to claim it, not unlike how Xavier turned the Quiet Council into Krakoa's ruling body with himself at the center. While confronting a scientist he recruited to perfect the healing properties of Logan's blood and vampires, Dracula notes that "everyone wishes they were a part of Krakoa," because the populace has grown to see mutants as superior to baseline humans.
If his growing Vampire Nation is to have similar global clout and force the respect of other countries, Dracula believes his nation needs bright minds and strong bodies, which means that being part of the Vampire Nation needs to be seen as an exclusive privilege that gives people a reason to want to join their ranks. It's an interesting parallel for Dracula to draw between himself and Xavier, noting that the two ultimately want the same thing: a country where their people can thrive in a world where they've otherwise been hunted down and wiped out. But unlike the mutant race, the Vampire Nation is an inherently parasitic enterprise, led by Dracula and proving more than willing to kill scores of people across the United States.
While Wolverine has been doing his best to counter these advancements, they have been undoubtedly helping the Vampire Nation accrue numbers and supplies. This all quietly sets up Dracula as a counterpoint to Xavier, the ultimate worst-case scenario for how a new nation could grow in the Marvel Universe. The two even have other similarities as well, with Dracula becoming a major figurehead within his nation -- similar to how Xavier can be deified by his followers -- and even having a similarly imposing slate of powers at their personal disposal. Thanks to his mystical attributes, Dracula can actually discover and counter telepathic probes, as he does to Omega Red here. It's an interesting contrast, especially considering how the X-Men have come up against Dracula and his ilk before in events like 2010's "Curse of the Mutants" storyline.
Coupled with a resurgent Atlantis, Mikhail Rasputin's Russian mutant group and a United States government more and more willing to use the Squadron Supreme of America to achieve its goals, it appears more nations are taken an offensive stance towards mutants, and Dracula confirms it's at least in part due to the success of Krakoa.