Gest

Gest is best!

Gest is an individual who led a region called The Invaders in the online browser government sim NationStates. He is indirectly responsible for Global Sim, as he recruited Conquerus into the game, who would later go on to recruit Koe, and later on Cheggimus, who would later discover the Global RP, the predecessor of GS in the NS forums. Global RP would soon enough become Global Sim with Chegg's guidance. Despite his incredibly pivotal role in allowing for the creation of GS, Gest does not know about GS. This is most likely because he is believed to be a lawyer i.e he has a life. He is considered a key individual in Cheggism by Koe and Conq, although this has changed lately.

Interactions with Gest
Koe and Conq interacted with Gest mainly during 2018. Koe lost contact with him after becoming banned from NS following continuous flaming, while Conq left The Invaders due to external influence from others, before getting banned himself in late-2019 for reasons that are best not dwelled on.

The two have attempted to recontact Gest, but these have largely ended in failure. Conq, Chegg and Koe's use of a discord persona 'Candelstic' to flame various NS discord servers in early-2019 is believed to have led to Gest deleting TI's discord server. In early 2020, Koe and Conq managed to gain access into a private discord community filled largely with a group of NS veterans who have known each other for over 10 years, including Gest. Why they were allowed to join is not known. The two spoke somewhat with Gest himself, but he was lagely inactive for the several months they were there. Conq even invited Bonq into the server to try and contact Gest, but he rarely spoke. After Koe and Conq incessently harassed a member of the community by attempting to convert him into Gestism, all three were banned from the server.

Gestism
Gestism is a sect of Cheggism claiming that Gest's pivotal role in eventually leading Chegg to discover Global RP warranted him a place as a saint. In The Invaders, Gest was the centre of a personality cult similar to Chegg, with the phrase "Gest is best!" being used to praise him. This phrase was carried over to GS by Koe and Conq as they attempted to popularise Gestism to no avail.

Gest worship was carried over to Koeism, but Koeism asserts that the British Cactus is not a saint, separating it from classic Gestism.