Zakerovich

**Zachary Zakerovich** is the first and current President of Zakistan, as well as the main antagonist of Zakistan's ongoing story arc.

Being the one to establish Zakistan as a nation, President Zakerovich's presidency is well received until, due to some reason unknown to the public, he falls from fair, righteous patriot to corrupt, totalitarian nationalist. What the public doesn't know is that Zakerovich had this change of heart after reading from the Voz Strait Scrolls. It is still unknown what he read in those Scrolls that caused him to become what he is.

When the Robot Apocalypse started, Zakerovich escaped in an emergency exit, and hasn't been seen since. Presumably, he's taken the Scrolls with him.

## Biography

Zachary was born on an island near Ripiero, during the short time the Zaks were attempting to settle there. A flood kicked them out, and they were led by King Zakimir on a great sailing journey. During his childhood and teenhood, spent almost entirely on the seas, Zachary was known to be very rebellious and rude to his superiors, but very kind to his friends. When the Zaks reached modern Zakistan, King Zakimir revealed himself as a tyrannical dictator and claimed all the land for himself. Zakerovich led an uprising that resulted in an overthrow of the Zak monarchy. He was acclaimed as a hero of the Zaks, and was elected in a fair landslide as President of Zakistan.

When Zakistani soldiers discovered a series of ancient scrolls in the Voz Strait, Zakerovich was one of the first to read them after they were quickly translated. It is unknown what he saw in those scrolls, but whatever it was is the reason he's gone so tyrannical. He killed anyone else who had read the Scrolls, and has grown more and more totalitarian since then.

For a while, Zakerovich’s presidency was very well-received. Everyone loved him. However, his most controversial move was vetoing the Boliya independence vote. Just before, he supported Bol independence “if they wish”, but when they actually voted for independence, he unexpectedly shut down and nullified the vote. The move reacted in much protest.

Soon after, state-sponsored media Zakerovich appeared in was labelled by the public as propaganda, which is against the Zak Constitution. The Supreme Court of Zakistan announced they would investigate the matter, and that if they deduced his media as propaganda, he'd be impeached and imprisoned, something more and more Zakistanis were supporting. However, Zakerovich abolished the Supreme Court with an executive order before they could try him.

Recently, Zakerovich's actions nearly led to a war with Friedlich, once Zakistan's closest ally. To be totally careful, Zakerovich outlawed moving in or out of Zakistan, a move that has been widely condemned all over Ulina. It is impossible to know what percent of Zakistanis support him at this point, as Zakistan releases no international data. But surely it is not many.

## Personality

Zakerovich is a cruel, ruthless, evil man who has been violating the rights of Zakistan for a while now. He has shown no hesitance to kill when he sees necessary, and he's almost gone to war with multiple nations purely because of his own stubbornness. However, his many speeches indicate that he sees everything he's doing as necessary and for some greater good.

## Trivia

- I chose the name Zakerovich because it rhymes with my grandma's name :) Don't worry she's nothing like him tho

- Zakerovich's residence closely resembles the Kremlin from the outside and the White House from the inside.

- General Zakman was one of Zakerovich's lifelong close friends until Zakerovich killed him.

- Most of Zakerovich's YouTube history is car crash compilations.