This file lists the heads of state and government of the Middle East in 2060, following the country list in the Middle East lore. These people have no character files by design. If one of them enters play as an NPC, the Game Master builds a character file from the E row with rank N/A. Civilians and officials are rank N/A in this game. Breakers among them keep the rank the lore gives.
Every country here belongs to the Middle Eastern Gate agency, led by Grand Custodian Farid Al-Mansour and the Council of Custodians.
Armenia. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Emergency parliamentary republic under a national Wardenship. Leader. Prime Warden Lilit Arakelyan (52). Arakelyan is a former war engineer who governs like a field captain, practical, data-first and hard when she must be. Breakers are licensed Citizen-Wardens on oathbound contracts.
Azerbaijan. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Parliamentary republic operating under emergency civil-military statutes. Leader. President-Marshal Lala Samedova (48). Samedova is a former petroleum engineer who became a seal rig logistics strategist. She runs a plain technocratic government that publishes the expected active periods and pays Gate crews on time. Breakers are licensed under world Gate authority protocols with Middle Eastern Gate agency advisors.
Egypt. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Technocratic republic under the Sacred Guardianship, the Middle Eastern Gate agency's wartime charter, which sets elected ministries alongside clerical oversight of sealing work. Leader. Prime Warden Layla al-Barq (52). Al-Barq is an engineer as much as a stateswoman and runs the country calmly and by logistics. Breakers are called Sealers after Samir al-Khatim and are licensed through the Order of the Knot, a Breaker order.
Georgia. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Custodial republic under the world Gate authority and Middle Eastern Gate agency oversight, a democracy operating on emergency powers. Leader. Custodian-Prime Natia Chkheidze (48). Chkheidze is a siege engineer by training. She governs through coalition councils and hard arithmetic rather than speeches. Breakers are honoured as the Sword-Bearers of Kartli, and they are licensed and watched by the Council of Custodians.
Iran. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Clerical-military republic, the Custody of the Veil. Leader. Supreme Custodian Ayatollah-Commander Samir Vahdat (67). Vahdat is a stern pragmatist who delegates to technocrats and Breaker marshals. Breakers are state-licensed as Pahlavans and serve in Shahnameh-named brigades.
Iraq. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Parliamentary republic under the Emergency Rivers Charter. Wartime powers sit with a civil-military Security Council tied to the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Leader. Prime Guardian Leila al-Sarkhat (48). Al-Sarkhat is a former engineer and Breaker handler. The Prime Guardian governs pragmatically and favours coalition logistics over grandstanding. Breakers are licensed, honoured and strictly audited.
Israel. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Parliamentary democracy governed by an emergency unity cabinet. Leader. Prime Minister Eitan Raz (54). Raz is a former Sayeret Gate commander and a calm, data-first pragmatist. Breakers are licensed under the Israeli Dimensional Defense Directorate.
Jordan. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Constitutional monarchy under extended emergency powers. Leader. King Jalal V al-Hashimi (49). The King is called the Sand Lion. He rules by consensus and works through tribal councils, technocrats and the Middle Eastern Gate agency liaison board. Breakers are licensed and often trained as Bedouin scouts, and a national waqf keeps them under a strict code of conduct.
Kuwait. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Constitutional emirate inside the Middle Eastern Gate agency's Desert and Oil Corridor Commands. Leader. Emir Faisal al-Sabah (48). The Emir is styled Guardian of the Bay. He rules through a consultative diwan and cedes wartime powers to the Middle Eastern Gate agency's Council of Custodians. Breakers are licensed through the Middle Eastern Gate agency.
Lebanon. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Emergency confessional democracy with theocratic oversight under the Middle Eastern Gate agency's Council of Custodians. Leader. Raya al-Khoury (52). Al-Khoury is a coalition-builder who mixes ritual diplomacy with hard practicality. The Cedar Guard, the country's Breakers, are licensed, unionised and revered.
Oman. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Constitutional sultanate held in check by the Sacred Guardianship under the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Leader. Sultan Marwan Al-Busaidi (54). The Sultan puts the sea first and makes pacts rather than war, which keeps Oman neutral and still networked. The Fursān al-Khatim are licensed Breakers on a state stipend, sworn to hold the corridors and stay out of politics.
Qatar. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Constitutional emirate inside the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Leader. Emira Sheikha Reema bint Khalid Al-Thani (45). The Emira is pragmatic, good on camera and always looking for partners. The Pearl Guard are the state's licensed Breakers. Breaker councils sit in the majlis and take part in civic mediation.
Saudi Arabia. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Hereditary monarchy in the Middle Eastern Gate agency bloc under the world Gate authority. Leader. King Fahd bin Nasser Al-Rahman (48). The King is calm and logistics-first and leaves battlefield decisions to Middle Eastern Gate agency commanders. Breakers are treated as entrusted guardians and serve in mixed units with engineers and imams.
Syria. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Wartime technocracy with religious oversight. The National Restoration Council governs beside the Council of Minbars, a clerical board that audits Breaker deployments. Leader. High Steward Amirah Sayegh (52). Sayegh is a pragmatic, logistics-first administrator. Breakers are state-licensed under the Oath of the Minbar.
Turkey. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Emergency Unity Republic under the Middle Eastern Gate agency charter. It is a parliamentary democracy with a permanent Sealing Council that owns Gate policy and national mobilisation. Leader. Selin Erden (54), Warden-Prime of the Straits. Erden is an engineer turned stateswoman who rules by coalition and by the book. Breakers are called seal-Bearers and are respected and closely regulated.
United Arab Emirates. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Federal hereditary monarchy aligned to the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Leader. Federal Regent Sheikha Latifa bint Rashid Al Nahyan (54). The Federal Regent is a calm, data-first monarch who leaves daily running to a joint civilian-military crisis cabinet and the Middle Eastern Gate agency's Gulf Gate Command. Breakers are licensed and paid a stipend, and foreign teams work on Middle Eastern Gate agency Gold Cards under strict compliance.
Yemen. Bloc the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Government. Theocratic confederacy under the Middle Eastern Gate agency. Leader. Custodian-Emir Salma al-Hamdani (52). Al-Hamdani commanded a seal crew and still runs the country like a field captain. Breakers are the Khatimeen, sworn to the Council of Custodians.