Death of Jonathan, Birth of Tersten

Life, Death

"Our planet has lost it's leader, but gained it's first citizen. In his passing, we find our destiny amongst the stars. We, the people, hereby declare the name of Pinascimate be returned to the dark history of our past. We look to the future as the people of Tersten."

— Sam Wilde

  A dispute between the Pinascimate Republic and the República de Nevada over borders threatened to boil into conflict, until Jonathan Tersten, at-the-time Governor of Pinascimate, stepped in to defuse the situation. Proving his commitment to peace, he travelled the vast distance between Pinascimate and Nevada for a third time. Following fifteen days of intense negotiation, the two regions had settled for peace. Returning home to the Pinascimate capital of Freetown, modern day Tersten City, Tersten's aircraft suffered a serious malfunction and crashed in a barren region of the planet now near the White Ocean City.   In mourning, and in recognition of their founder, the Pinascimate Republic voted to rename itself to Tersten County. Nevadan President Maria Willeza, willing to continue the peace Tersten had died to see, supported renaming the entire planet, rather than continue to use the name given to them by the Penal Authority. As such, from this moment on, the planet would formally be referred to as Tersten.   Today, his death is recognised as a national day of mourning.

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