The Sublime State of Persia
A map of Persia.
A puppet of both the German and Ottoman Empires, the Sublime State of Persia has been ruled by the Qajar dynasty since 1785. After the Central Powers’ victory in the Weltkrieg, Persia found itself divided into two spheres of influence - that of the Ottomans and that of the Germans. On 15 December 1925, Ahmad Shah Qajar died and his 5 year old daughter, Irandokht Qajar, was crowned Shahbanu/Lady Shah/Empress.
Months later on 10 March 1926, a Brigadier-General in the Royal Persian Army by the name of Reza Khan moved quickly to dispose of his rivals in order to become regent of the young Shahbanu. The Persian Majlis/National Assembly convened the same day and confirmed Khan as Irandokht’s regent until she reached the age of 18. Under Khan’s regency, Persia has rapidly modernised and industrialised as well as secretly built up an impressive military right under the noses of Berlin and Istanbul.
In 1940, a 25 year old Irandokht married Khan’s 21 year old son, Mohammad Reza Khan who took his wife’s last name as his own and became Shahanshah/King of kings/Emperor of Persia. Mohammad Reza Qajar took the regnal name Mohammad Reza Shah. Mohammad has taken his father’s programs of modernisation and industrialisation to heart with his so-called White Revolution/the Shah and People Revolution (a series of far-reaching reforms)* and is starting to build a secret army of Achaemenid Empire-inspired super soldiers as well as cautiously and steadily bringing back the old Persian religion of Zoroastrianism.
Reza Khan, brigadier-general of the Persian Cossack Brigade and regent for Irandokht Qajar until 1933.
Irandokht Qajar, Shahbanu of the Sublime State of Persia.
Mohammad Reza Qajar, Shahanshah of the Sublime State of Persia.
Royal Persian Army soldiers marching in Tehran.
New look of a Royal Persian Army general (complete with a special top secret body armour rumoured to be bulletproof and somewhat fragproof).
A Persian Immortal, the elite soldier of the Royal Persian Army.
Flag of the Sublime State of Persia.
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* = Mohammad Reza Shah’s reform programs are built to weaken those classes that support the Islamic “traditional” system. It consists of several elements, including land reform, sale of some state-owned factories to finance this land reform, construction of an expanded road, rail, and air network, a number of dam and irrigation projects, the eradication of diseases such as malaria, the encouragement and support of industrial growth, enfranchisement of women, nationalization of forests and pastures, formation of literacy and health corps for rural isolated areas, and institution of profit sharing schemes for workers in industry.