Zeshinava

{{Infobox country Zeshen (adjective) Zeshens (plural) }}
 * conventional_long_name = The Neoteric Confederacy of Zeshinava
 * native_name = Taz Nөvruvihn Sѧjioh-Tihnansyihӈ zat Zeжcihnωva (Zeshen)
 * image_flag = Zeshinava flag.png
 * alt_flag = The flag of Zeshinava.
 * flag_border = yes
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 * symbol_type = Seal
 * national_motto = Aжt dihmarz muvs yihnɛr өtuer ihnem!
 * englishmotto = To love one's home above all!
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 * other_symbol_type = Decorative Pattern
 * other_symbol = Zeshinava pattern.png
 * image_map = Zeshinava Locator.png
 * loctext = Zeshinava in the Istroya region of southeastern Sarpedon
 * alt_map = Zeshinava highlighted on a globe, displaying its position relative to other landmasses.
 * map_caption = Zeshinava (dark green) and the claimed but uncontrolled Sydona Islands {green) in Sarpedon (gray)
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 * capital = Kronzciny (Xronzsεnyy)
 * largest_city = capital
 * official_languages = Julian Ænglish, Zeshen
 * national_languages = {{wp|Greek|Istroyan}}, Zeshen
 * languages_type = Minority languages
 * languages = {{wp|Latin}}
 * ethnic_groups =
 * religion =
 * demonym = Zeshen (noun)
 * government_type = Semi-{{wp|Constitutional monarchy|Constitutional}} {{wp|Parliamentary system|Parliamentary}} {{wp|Unitary state|Unitary}} {{wp|Republic}} overseen by an unelected {{wp|Dictatorship|Executive}}
 * leader_title1 = Executive
 * leader_name1 = Amelia Al-Ahzmira
 * leader_title2 = Chancellor
 * leader_name2 = Vaeran Khiaseak
 * leader_title3 = Vice Chancellor
 * leader_name3 = Violett Venihravihc
 * legislature = {{wp|Parliamentary system|Parliament}}
 * upper_house = {{wp|Royal assent|House of the Advisory}} & {{wp|Senate|House of the Administration}}
 * lower_house = {{wp|National Assembly|House of the Constituency}}
 * established_event1 = Istroyan civilization established in Zeshinava
 * established_date1 = 800 BCE
 * established_event2 = Iddyritine Despotate conquered by Oduniyyad Caliphate
 * established_date2 = 900 CE
 * established_event3 = Zeshen Kingdom founded by crusaders
 * established_date3 = 1144 CE
 * established_event4 = Absurian Civil War, Zeshinava founded
 * established_date4 = 1228 CE - 1258 CE
 * area_km2 = 1,184,531
 * area_sq_mi = 457,350
 * percent_water =
 * population_estimate = 85,476,530
 * population_census = 85,450,000
 * GDP_nominal = $1,901,083,512,000
 * GDP_nominal_per_capita = $22,241
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 * currency = Zihase Ⱐ
 * currency_code = ZSH
 * time_zone =
 * date_format = dd/mm/yyyy {{wp|Common Era|CE}}
 * electricity = 120 V 60 Hz
 * drives_on = right
 * cctld = .zs
 * iso3166code = ZS
 * calling_code = +138

Zeshinava, officially the Neoteric Confederacy of Zeshinava, is a country in the Istroya region of southeastern Sarpedon. It is neighbored by Ekelos, the Sydona Islands, and the Founders Sea. Zeshinava is a storied country inhabited by the indigenous Sarpedonic people, who migrated in droves to the southeast of the continent during the Crusades to aid the Iddyritine Despotate. The Zeshen and Iddyritine people assimilated with the establishment of the Zeshen Kingdom by the crusaders as the Oduniyyad Caliphate fell, though this saw resistance from the former exclusive High Sarpedonic ruling class. The falling Islamic powers took advantage of the squabbling peoples, leaving several independent emirates to take the lands of the Zeshens and Caliphate. The Fourth Crusade brought an end to the infighting, with the Zeshen Kingdom establishing itself in the northwest of present-day Zeshinava, the christening of the Absurian Empire along the south, and several other minor crusader states surviving in the east.

Zeshinava is a member of the League of Nations.

Name and Etymology
The name Zeshinava translates literally to "Lady Ava". Lady Ava, otherwise known as Avanira Fonsphorum (Avenɛra Fөnzvюrum in Zeshen), was a Slavic migrant from the Principality of Truřov that immigrated across the continent when called for the reconquest of Istroya from the Oduniyyad Caliphate. Her father, Otislav Fonsphorum (Otaꙉѧlѧv Fөnzvюrum in Zeshen), took the call to arms. Ava begged her father not to leave, but out of religious obligation he travelled to Istroya among countless other thousands of Catholic men beckoned by the pope, leaving his home empty of a patron. To Ava's dismay, she had to remain in Truřov to help her family. Upon a fatal incursion by Oduniyyad raiders however, Ava was left among the few survivors in her village, with the fallen bitterly contesting their homes and livelihoods. In the grief she was left in by her family's passing, she set out to southeast Istroya to campaign alongside her people and seek retribution against her father for his abandoning of the family. Answering the call for aid from Despot Abcis III, Ava joined the ranks of the Iddryitine army under the name Adam. She fought with her legion to retake the outlying islands of present-day Zeshinava and distinguished herself as a skilled soldier considering her small stature. She would set herself apart however in the Siege of Kronzciny, seeking to liberate the people of the caliphate rather than expelling them. Moved by the families left behind by soldiers like her own, she led the people of Kronzcony to the safety of the Iddryitine-controlled shores and pled for the mercy of the Iddryitine authorities. In both fighting the cowardice of the caliphate and commanding compassion to the army leadership she earned herself the respect of her fellow soldiers. She would go on to meet with the occupying forces at the behest of her superiors and the hijab in a show of tolerance, revealing her womanhood. She negotiated the defection of the occupying Muslim forces, and upon bearing the legitimacy of the Iddryitine armed forces and local Muslim ruling class, she proclaimed the Zeshen Kingdom, with occupying-leader Abbas al-Ahzmira becoming King Adam I, and Ava becoming Queen Ava. The two married, and their kingdom would bear the name of the woman that negotiated its foundation: Zeжcihnω Ava, or in English, Lady Ava.