Thumim V
| Thumim V | |||||
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| Sultan of Packilvania | |||||
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| Sultan of Packilvania | |||||
| Reign | 24 December 2022 - present | ||||
| Coronation | 23 January 2022 | ||||
| Predecessor | Sultan Namdun III | ||||
| Born | Thumim a-Namdun Bedon July 15, 1979 Bingol, Packilvania | ||||
| Consort | Sultana Saga of Tynam (since January 23, 2023) | ||||
| Issue | None | ||||
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| House | Bedon | ||||
| Father | Sultan Namdun III | ||||
| Mother | Sultana Mebri | ||||
| Religion | Paxism | ||||
| Signature |  | ||||
His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Thumim V, is the Sultan of Packilvania, King of Drakkengard and head of Pax-Draconica. He is the eldest son of the former Sultan of Packilvania, Namdun III, whom he succeeded on 24 December 2022. He was the Crown Prince of Packilvania from 2006 to 2022. He was the Regent of Packilvania during his father's hiatus from 2021 to 2022. During his tenure Packilvania joined the International Forum, proposed the International Convention on Climate Change thereat, hosted the 2022 Series One World Championship, signed the Commercial Cooperation Partnership with the League of Novaris, signed the Treaty of Culoria with the Union of Commonwealth Alliances formally ending the 2020 to 2022 Puntalian Crisis, the Pax-UCA Trade Partnership as well as a trade and military cooperation arrangement with United Malordia, significantly improving the foreign relations of Packilvania. In mid-October 2022, he was the target of an attempted assassination by Prince Kujil, former Governor of Kemer.
In late December 2022 and January 2023, he made the largest reshuffle of the Council of Ministers of Packilvania and of the Council of State in history, significantly expanding the number of women on the body, and through the passage of the Promotion of Provincial Governance Act, almost all Governors of the Provinces of Packilvania were removed from office. He appointed Princess Yadika as the first female President of the Drakkengard Council of State and first female non-statutory member of the Packilvanian Council of State. On 23 January 2023 he married Sultana of Packilvania, Saga of Tynam in the Temple of the Authority in Bingol and his coronation was held on 24 January 2023 in the Temple of the Restoration, Adrien, Ashura. The Coronation and Wedding of Thumim V and Saga of Tynam was the most expensive such event in history and featured a litany of guests. Throughout his career, he has been closely politically linked with Prime Minister of Packilvania, Prince Luwadeen, and Minister of State Security, Prince Lohadek.
Early life and education
Prince Thumim was born in 1979 prior to the end of the Second Packilvanian Civil War to then-Viscount Noi Bedon and Countess Mebri Bedon. He was named by his grandfather Earl Amhoud Bedon. His great-grandfather then Duke Amhoud Bedon of Makobar was leading the Carriers of Mercy against the Packilvanian Communist Party. Thus, Countess Mebri Bedon often had to move around with the young Thumim until he was 6 years old when the war was won and Duke Amhoud Bedon was crowned as Sultan of Packilvania in Adrien at the Temple of the Restoration and victory was declared over the Packilvanian Communist Party.
The initial years of the Bedonite reign were characterised by the consolidation of power by the Bedonite dynasty. This entailed putting Communist leaders on trial, having them detained, executed or exiled, integrating and managing the administration and military of the state among other things. Furthermore, when Sultan Amhoud I died in 1990, Sultan Amhoud II was crowned making then Crown Prince Noi the heir apparent and Prince Thumim the second in line to the throne at the age of 11. At this time, the Crown was particularly vulnerable and Crown Prince Noi was worried that he would be usurped by his ambitious siblings.
In the process, he went about eliminating his opponents and putting his supporters in positions of power in the government. To ensure that his line would always survive he took multiple spouses after now-Sultana Mebri and subjected Prince Thumim to rigorous training and physical and mental abuse to allegedly prepare him for the rigors of ruling including having him execute prisoners at gunpoint. In a fit of rage over the Prince's failure to accomplish a task, Crown Prince Noi beat his son so badly, he permanently damaged his reproductive organs causing him to be infertile. This incident was so bad that Crown Princess Mebri threatened to leave him and run away with Prince Thumim. Thus, he built the Sultana's Palace where his wife and Prince Thumim, Prince Abuyin Bedon and Princess Yadika Bedon resided.
Prince Thumim spent time recovering from the emotional, psychological and physical trauma caused by his father's actions. Just before he died as well, Sultan Amhoud II scolded Crown Prince Noi in front of the Imperial Court in his throne room. For those few years, Prince Thumim lived far from the public eye but some level of psychopathy was detected as he enjoyed playing excessively cruel and painful pranks on people and he fought often. Knowing the pain he endured, his mother indulged him and he grew incredibly fond of her. He also became deeply devoted to his younger siblings and often protected them from bullies in school. Nevertheless, he became deeply religious as his mother filled the house with Paxist prophets and other spiritual people in a bid to help him recover.
In 1995 when Thumim was 17, Crown Prince Noi was crowned Sultan-King Namdun III of Packilvania and Drakkengard. Elevated to the role of Crown Prince, he had to reunite with his dad. After a discussion with his father, he disowned his father because he felt that a father-son relationship was untenable. His father consented to the arrangement and their relationship became a formal one. Prince Thumim continued studying through the Packilvanian Armed Forces. His strengths were in logistics and technical areas and many of his fellow soldiers deeply respected his work ethic and skill but failed to connect with him as he was often described as cold and distant.
Crown Prince
Thumim resigned from the military at the age of 27 in 2003. In part to make up for their broken past, Sultan Namdun III appointed Thumim to senior projects and programmes in the government, allowing him unprecedented political access and resources. Crown Prince Thumim Bedon was responsible for various infrastructure and institution building projects throughout the nation and brought many progressive and modern ideas to the running of the nation that his father administered. For instance, he was a strong advocate of the Drone Policy to both relieve the poor of debt and provide the nation with endless cheap labour.
Regent
Prince Thumim was appointed as the Regent of Packilvania and Drakkengard by Sultan Namdun III and confirmed by the Council of State on top of and due to his role as the Crown Prince of Packilvania in 2021. During his tenure in that role, he has made several diplomatic advancements.
Under his rule, Packilvania and the Union of Commonwealth Alliances ended their proxy conflict over Rodenia, Puntalia and New Puntalia by signing the Treaty of Culoria. Furthermore, trade barriers created due to economic warfare such as sanctions since 2020 were curtailed through the signing of the Pax-UCA Trade Partnership. Economic relations with the League of Novaris were significantly improved through the signing of the Commercial Cooperation Partnership. Despite initially being rejected, Packilvania's application for membership to the International Forum was approved by its Security Council. He attended the Coronation of Her Imperial Majesty, Emira Scheherazade of Sayyed. Packilvania, led by Prince Faijil, sponsored the International Convention on Climate Change. Under his government, a non-aggression pact and Trade deal were brokered and a naval base for the Packilvanian Navy was to be established in United Malordia.
On the domestic policy front, he implemented many policies. He established a policy that no children born to Princes and Princesses outside of the Gurionic branch of the Bedonite dynasty would be allowed to pass on their titles to their children and that financial support for the government for most Princes and Princesses in the Royal family would end.
His government established a policy that would end tax exemptions for donations of art works to galleries and museums. He suspended the death penalty for people convicted of crimes such as homosexuality and transgenderism. A major controversy for his tenure was his arrest of Prince Kujil, the former Mayor of Kemer and son of Prince Sajahal, the Governor of Shakar. In October 2022, some dissidents detonated a bomb In Bingol that is believed to have been an attempt to assassinate him.
On a diplomatic visit to the country by President Susanto Sudjawardia of United Malordia, he was nearly assassinated by 5 attackers who managed to infiltrate the military security and bomb the Behayeen Bridge in Bingol which was over a portion of the processional route for his cavalcade back to the Bingol Royal Palace from the Palace of Parliament. Further investigation by the intelligence agencies of Packilvania revealed that it was orchestrated by Prince Kujil, former Governor of Kemer, who eventually apprehended him in Blueacia and brought him back to the country.
Reign
Thumim V ascended to the position of Sultan of Packilvania on 24 December 2022 following the abdication of his predecessor Namdun III. On his ascension, he became the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Amhoud I Family Trust, the largest private family trust on Urth by assets under management. The first act of his reign was to send a letter via the Crescent, a state owned newspaper, (which was later distributed to international news media), stating that he planned to focus his reign on combating crime and terrorism, building institutions, fighting corruption, modernising the government, and empowering women through a Paxist lens, cutting carbon emissions and raising the country to a lower upper income nation.
His second major act was to appoint Princess Yadika and Prince Tubida as members of the Council of State (whom he appointed as Governor of Shakar to replaced Prince Sajahal). He submitted a medical report from a urologist stating that there was a possibility that his infertility was reversable with appropriate medical treatment. As such, he presented this report to the Council of State and proposed that the line of succession be amended such that his younger brother Prince Abuyin would not be the heir apparent and would thus be ineligible to ascend to the position of the Crown Prince of Packilvania and removed from his position as the Deputy Crown Prince. The Council narrowly accepted this with the Sultan Emeritus and the Sultana Mother abstaining.
He also reshuffled the Council of Ministers of Packilvania. He created the Department of Natural Resources, headed by Princess Yadika, out of the Department of Mining and Energy which remained as the Department of Energy under Prince Udahid. He created the Department of Worker's, Social Welfare and Pensions under Countess Rubal of Mavad out of parts of the Department of Home Affairs. He moved Prince Abuyin to the newly created Office of the Special Advisor to the Sultan. The Departments in the Office of the Prime Minister for Women and Parliamentary Affairs were elevated to standalone departments known as the Departments of Women, Children and Disabilities (now under Princess Abdina) and of Legislative Affairs (remaining under Prince Ashal) respectively.
Additionally, he added the Department of Public Enterprises to oversee state owned companies under Princess Zulayka, the Department of Religious Affairs to manage relations with the Magisterium of Paxism and oversee Religion in Packilvania under Duchess Ilawa of Gurin, and the Department of Public Safety out of the Department of Justice under Duchess Mawara of Tashkar. Additionally, he moved the Department of Imperial Affairs out of the Office of the Prime Minister of Packilvania to the Office of the Special Advisor and placed it under Duchess Tuhali of Khashar. Furthermore, he appointed Prince Abuyin as Chairperson of the Council of State of Drakkengard.
On 30 December 2022, it was announced that he was engaged to be married to Saga, Duchess of Tynam, who would be crowned Sultana of Packilvania and Queen of Drakkengard at a joint wedding and coronation on 23 January 2022. The Coronation and Wedding of Thumim V and Saga of Tynam was one of if not the most watched live event in the world and the most watched in the history of Packilvania. The head of state or head of government of almost every major power was present. Together with Saga, he founded and co-chairs the Bedon Family Foundation, one of the largest private charitable funds by endowment. Nevertheless, Saga has taken a lead role in the organisation which has been criticised by conservatives in Packilvania for its support of liberal policy positions and by foreigners as a purveyor of Bedonite influence abroad.
Personal life
It is believed that he is close friends with Prince Luwadeen Bedon, who has proven a dedicated ally. He spent most of his childhood living in the Halaler Imperial Palace but between 1997 and 2022, he lived in the Sultana's Palace with his mother Sultana Mebri. As of his ascension as Sultan of Packilvania, he resides at the Bingol Royal Palace where official events keep him occupied. He was believed to have had a close relationship with his brother Prince Abuyin Bedon (Special Advisor to the Sultan) and Princess Yadika Bedon who is currently serving as the Minister of Natural Resources and Patron of the University of Bingol. He continues to support a variety of charitable causes namely linked to Paxism such as helping poor people make pilgrimage to the Memorial of the Jovian Gate in Akas Akil. Since attending the Coronation of Her Imperial Majesty, Emira Scheherazade of Sayyed, he was found to romantically linked to Saga, Duchess of Tynam, Main Shareholder of VN Strategic Communications and head of the Tynam Egendom, whom he was formally announced to be engaged to on 30 December 2022.