' Wrote:I may be wrong, but I noticed that in vanilla they named nothing after real life political figures or people. That explains the absence of Washington.
That name does not have to have any relation to the political figure, especially judging by the fact that their career didn't exactly leave a legacy to be proud of for ~1000 years.
' Wrote:But why Planet Manhattan then, not Planet New York?
New York also is a state. Same way Planet Houston is not called Planet Texas or Planet Denver is not called Planet Colorado, they chose a different name for the capital of New York as well.