Nathan Weithalham

Weithalham in 1952

**Sir Nathan Winston Weithalham, First Viscount of Weithalham** (born 24 January, 1880) was a Prithanian soldier and Tory politician who served as wartime Prime Minister of Prithania during the Great War from 1942 to 1947, and as peacetime Prime Minister from 1952 to 1954. He was also leader of the Conservative Party from 1942 to 1954. Nicknamed the "Last Alexandrian", Weithalham was ideologically an imperialist, liberal and anti-communist, which could be seen in his policies of union-busting, resisting de-colonization, non-interference in the post-war economy, and anti-Iljekyanism

Sir Nathan was born to a wealthy aristocratic family in the town of Weithalham, historically a significant military location. His family came from a line of admirals and generals, and Sir Nathan joined the Prithanian army in 1899, seeing action in the Jianpan Rebellion in Cathei in 1900, Riveria War in 1902, Kohlesian Revolt in 1905 and Prithano-Aazarkani War in 1909, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. He returned to Prithania in 1910 and was elected a Conservative MP representing his home county of Weithalham, which he held until 1954. As Secretary of the Admiralty under Charles Calano's Conservative Government from 1918 to 1922, Sir Nathan oversaw Prithania's involvement in the Bargad Revolt and the creation of the Mandate of South Bargad, as well as other Prithanian foreign policy in Bargad

In May 1942, at the outbreak of the Great War and the resignation of pro-appeasement prime minister Wilford Nevilles, Weithalham was elected leader of the Conservative Party and formed a national government and oversaw Prithanian involvement in the Allied effort against Iljekya and communism in the Great War. In 1947, with the war coming to an end and an Allied victory seemingly imminent, the wartime cabinet was dissolved and new general elections were called. The Conservatives were defeated by the Labour Party led by Anthony Atlan in the 1947 General Elections, who called for a ceasefire and a peaceful end to the Great War that happened in 1948. Weithalham criticized the ceasefire and Atlan's decision to sue for peace instead of a total victory, and warned of an "Iron Curtain" of Iljekyan communist influence in Eredan

Weithalham's second term came when Prime Minister Eden Arnolds resigned following the disastrous Aazarkan Crisis of 1952, and he was reelected as leader of the Conservative Party. His foreign policy focused on preserving what remained of the Prithanian Empire and the formation of the republics of Aleurusia and Carosthania as independent, democratic, anti-communist allies. Domestically, he focused on building houses and the continued modernization of the Prithanian military. At the end of his term, Weithalham resigned from his position as leader of the Conservatives and as MP of Weithalham, citing declining health and old age as his reasons.

Weithalham remains popular in Prithania, where he is seen as a national hero and victorious wartime hero who defended Eredani liberal democracy against communist Iljekya. On the other hand, he has been criticized for some wartime events and also for his imperialist views.