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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Zerah Demir IV
| title =Sultana of Packilvania and Queen of Morstaybishlia
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| more =
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| caption = Portrait in 1905
| succession =
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| reign = 20 February
| reign-type = Reign
| coronation = 9 September 1899
| cor-type = Coronation
| predecessor =
| pre-type = Predecessor
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| full name = Zerah Alia Maram Demir
| house =Demir
| house-type = House
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| birth_date = 1 July
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|09|18|1871|07|1|df=y}}
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| burial_place = Syllester Abbey
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| religion = [[Paxism]] from 1872 to 1897 <br> [[Thaerism]] from 1897 to 1951
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'''Zerah Demir IV''' (''1 July
==Early life and education==
She was born to Sultan Ishak VI and Sultana Zahira on 1 July 1872 at the [[Bingol Royal Palace]], in [[Bingol]], [[Packilvania]]. Her mother died at her birth from injuries sustained during the difficult pregnancy. Her father never remarried and it is unknown whether he had any lovers. Because Sultan Ishak VI was often on military expeditions, she was raised largely by governesses and barely saw him. She was educated by tutors from the University of Bingol. Her favourite tutor was Mr Iman Dubit, a professor in education. They became dear friends and she wrote fondly of him in her diaries. Through their friendship, he encouraged her to strive for power in her own right and to be independent of men. Later reports found that he was secretly an atheist homosexual male who resented the patriarchal order of Packilvania for which he was executed by Sultan Ishak VI after he was found in "an intimate act" with another male staff in the Sultan's household. This act made her hate her father and begin the long preparations to secure the throne.
==Early political career==
She was an astute politician and often invited powerful people to her house in Megdokar, just outside [[Bingol]], for brunch. She cultivated a good rapport with powerful people in the government, business and military. She traded the secrets they confided with her for political leverage, such that she exerted influence on public policy. Her father grew wary of her endeavors but underestimated her skill and ambition because she was a woman. By the time she was 20, the Sultan's mother, Sultana Madiyaka chose Prince Bismal of [[Ukanar]] as her husband. She refused to marry him and instead rallied her cousins to unseat the Sultan from power.
==Succession==
Her cousins agreed to help overthrow her father. She had initially promised her uncle's oldest son, Prince Muchtan, that he would become Sultan upon the removal of Sultan Ishak
==Reign==
===Royal Union===
Despite being resentful of the idea of marriage, she recognised the political benefits that marriage could present her. She noticed that King [[Thadeus I]] of Morstaybishlia had not yet married. Her family, the [[Demirite dynasty|Demirs]] had developed a close relationship with the
Following which, she broached the plan to Thadeus I. Thadeus confided in his Ministers and courtiers who greatly fancied the idea of him become the ruler of two nations. Despite some misgivings, Sultana Zemir Demir IV and King Thadeus II married in 1897. Shortly after their wedding,
The matter of her religion was a contentious issue. On one hand, as
The Royal union resulted in massive increase in trade between Packilvania and Morstaybishlia. The ruling human class and some powerful Shirazi Felines grew wealthy from the trade. Unfortunately, economic conditions for urban workers did not improve significantly.
===Great War===
The [[Great War]] created the social, economic and political circumstances that doomed her rule. Because of the high cost of supplies, artillery and soldier's salaries brought on by the war, the Packilvanian Treasury was forced to print more money, resulting in inflation. To get some control on inflation, money was borrowed from foreign countries, namely Morstaybishlia.
The massive interest on the debt forced the Packilvanian Treasury to implement austerity measures and ration the supply of goods to meet the demands of the war effort. These rationing were brutal and many of the poorest citizens, who were almost always Felines were heavily affected. Secondly, the rationing was not applied equally or consistently such that the Shirazis and humans were treated better and had access to larger rations. In some cases, government officials used rations to gain favours or to starve dissidents and enemies. This left many of the people at the mercy of petty state officers. The resulting hunger was so great that a famine was declared over many parts of the nation and others were dangerously close it. This also made it harder for people to afford taxes, resulting in lower state revenues increasing the vicious cycle of austerity.
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Felines were forced to fight in the army and work for the state and creditors in farms, factories and fields to pay taxes and debt respectively. Their working conditions were described as slave-like. The prevalence of malnutrition, extreme exhaustion, disease and despair was so great that it inspired the ideas of Communism of [[Nikobar Luden]] and eventually [[Gideon Muktan]]. This led to increasing resentment and many disparate incidents of protests against the state occurred such that over 50,000 people were killed by state forces.
===Communist Uprising===
Following the passing of [[Nikobar Luden]], [[Gideon
===First Packilvanian Civil War===
Seeing that she was failing to rally support for the move, and desperate to stem the tide of Communism, she sent her son, [[Thadeus II|Prince Thadeus]] away to her sister-in-law in Morstaybishlia. She renounced her claims to the Morstaybishlian throne and ended all talk of unification. She wrote in the her diary that she was heart broken and bitter about the whole affair.
She decided to call for negotiations with the Communists to work out a power-sharing arrangement. To her surprise the Communists agreed and even more so she was surprised that they were willing to negotiate in Bingol. In high spirits, she had penned the terms of surrender and her Grand Vizier had hastily come up with a constitutional arrangement.
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===Escape===
One of her soldiers pitied her and helped her escape. He put on a refugee boat that was heading to Morstaybishlia. She was dressed in rags and covered in dirt. She slept with animals and sick and dying humans fleeing to Morstaybishlia. She described the ordeal as "the most humbling experience of [her] life". She arrived at [[Fort Jubrayn]] and after her identity was confirmed, she was taken to [[Sani Bursil Royal Palace]], where she reunited with her son and lived out the rest of her life. On her death, she was buried at Syllester Abbey.
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