The Kingdom of Diatero began its life on the Mayflower, the flagship of the First Fleet; of which constituted the Mayflower, the Beagle, the Xu Fu, and the Kamal. Much of the Esperanto speaking community aboard the Mayflower was brought together by a Pole named Izydor Rufin. Izydor founded the Esperanto Demokrata Komisino in order to deliver necessary supplies to families who were not able to supplement the miniscule provided meals with their own money. During the three year trip to Mars, the E.D.K. grew in power and began to directly work with UN representatives to make everything stretch the whole trip.
Upon arriving at Mars, Izydor became very sick as he gave up most of his own rations to others. Firsthand sources all confirm the story that he took one look at the lush green landscape of what is now Victoria through a viewing port and said ‘I have met Paradise’. Afterwords, he fell unconscious and stayed in a medically induced coma for nearly five days before finally dying.
The first action of the E.D.K. was to investigate where the Xu Fu had landed. Nearly a week before arriving at Mars its communications network had been knocked out by a rogue asteroid. With that gone, the Xu Fu’s course slowly changed and it was nowhere to be found during or after descent. The E.D.K.’s efforts were to no avail and they were forced to give up the search in favor of setting up new settlements. Elections were held four times a year and during the second election, Jahan Washer was appointed to office. He was an extremely zealous Baha’i and slowly started enforcing his teachings onto those who relied on the E.D.K. for basic items like food and water. The UN Secretary General of Mars Lireman Johnson tried to shut this down, but that prompted Navid to radicalize.
During the eighth monthly meeting of the E.D.K. Navid announced that it was to disband, and instead he declared God king of all lands settled with the E.D.K.’s help. UN peacekeeping troops tried to arrest him but hidden fanatics opened fire on the whole congress. Johnson officially declared Navid a public enemy and suspended all travel into or out of the new kingdom of Diatero (Also spelled Diotero). The Pacifica threat to the south led him to ignore Navid for the most part, and Navid stuck his claws deep into the community. Navid commissioned the building of a new Universal House of Justice and set to executing anyone who did not comply with his exact views on the Baha’i religion. He went so far as to make a secret police force named the Just Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. In ten years time Sargon Nobiro was appointed to it.
Sargon’s age allowed him to remember a time when bloodshed was not the only answer, so he, with the help of a technologically enhanced human from Asylum, snuck into Navid’s quarters during the night. They brought him to a UN court which decided to sentence Navid to exile onto an island off the coast with a small number of guards to keep him from escaping. Upon his return, Sargon was elected King of Diatero by a new congress. At the age of 120, he stepped down and his grandson Ibrahamo was elected next.
Encyclopedia Martis, Helium, 2595
