Zakarija I of Vyrodia

Zakaria I (Meskhetian: ზაქარია ა; Zakaria Vakhvakhishvili, ზაქარია ვახვახიშვილი; 13th March 1875 - 23rd August 1958, 83) was the last Emperor of the Holy Imperium of Meskheti. His full title was Zakaria I, Holy Emperor of Meskheti and her spheres, Defender of the Faith, and Guardian of the people of Meskheti. He reigned from 18th November 1917 to 30th January 1944 until he was deposed in a military coup by General Gurgen Svanidze before being exiled to by Socialist Workers Party of Meskheti in 1945. His reign as Emperor was controversial with over 2 million people dying under his rule.

Born into the House of Vakhvakhishvili in 1875 Zakaria was destined to become Emperor after the creation of the Holy Imperium of Meskheti, being the son of Crown Prince Abraam, the to the imperial throne. In 1901 Abraam was crowned as Emperor of Meskheti, prompting Zakaria to become Crown Prince. A year later he was married to, daughter of of  in an effort to bridge an alliance between the two countries. During Zakaria's father died causing him to become Emperor of Meskheti. Zakaria successfully negotiated a peace treaty between Meskheti and shortly after coming to power and eventually one with the. Shortly after WWI Meskheti was threatened with being thrown into civil war when Slavs revolted against the Imperium, causing Zakaria to crack down harshly on Slavs ushering the Meskhetian Royalist Movement into power.

Shortly after the Royalists were put into power Zakaria amassed more power becoming an. With strong support from the Meskhetian Orthodox Church and the military Zakaria transformed Meskheti into a, ,  where he ruled as a. Under Zakaria persecution against Slavs, Muslims, communists, socialists, Jews, gypsies secularists, liberals, and so-called "natural criminals" was widespread with Zakaria striving to create economic whilst regaining land lost to Russia. In the lead up to Zakaria aligned himself with the  of  and. Following Zakaria declared war on the. Meskhetian failure against Soviet forces caused General Gurgen Svanidze to launch a coup against Zakaria and rule as regent, putting Zakaria under house arrest. However Soviet forces overran Meskheti in 1944 were they imprisoned Zakaria, who abdicated shortly afterwards. In 1945 following the creation of the Meskhetian Democratic Republic Zakaria was exiled to in Switzerland where he died in 1958.