A survey mission discovered the world that would become the capital of the Clans in 2792.
Aleksandr Kerensky's wife named it Strana Mechty, Russian for Land of Dreams.
Slightly colder than Terra, and in an slightly earlier stage of geological development, Strana Mechty was nonetheless ideally suited to colonization and by 2800 was thriving.
Most native species proved benign, through the crana - a rodent-sized insect known as a vector for disease - proved problematic until the star adder was introduced to control thier numbers.
Other introduced species flourished, adapting well to the environmental conditions.
Many of the Clan totem animals are descending from Terran stock introduced to Strana Mechty, though this is not the case with Clan Ice Hellion.
Our totem animal is indigenous to the Kerensky Cluster, a matter of pride not every Clan can claim.
Strana Mechty consists of four major land masses: icy and mineral-poor Cameron in the southern hemisphere, warm and wet McKenna straddling the equator, and Novy Terra and Keresnky Prime in the temperate northern latitudes.
Ice caps top both poles.
Numerous archipelagoes and island groups dot the freshwater oceans, also named after Star League and Terran Hegemony heroes.
Care is taken to maintain an even division of land (though not resources) between all the Clans.
The enclaves of any Clan annihilated, absorbed or abjured is divided evenly by those who remain.
Thus, while each Clan maintains the original block of land granted to it by Nicholas Kerensky, each also controls several enclaves scattered across the planet.
Clan Ice Hellion controls the largest percentage of Cameron, after the majority of it was split up following the absortion of Clans Widowmaker and Mongoose, and the entirety of the southern polar sub-continent of Lyod.
The captial city of all the Clans, Katyusha, is located within the Wolf Clan's territory on Novy Terra and is renowned as a marketplace.
Distinct from any Clan enclave, a special police force drawn from all the Clans - associated with but not part of the Ebon Keshik - maintains order in the city.
Thier area of responsibility extends from the border of the Wolf enclave, encompasses the master genetic respository that dominates the city, and ends at the boundries of the Svoboda Zemlya, the great park that surrounds the revered Hall of Khans complex.
The circular park itself and the Hall of Khans at its center fall under the authority of the highly respected Ebon Keshik.
The McKenna's Pride, flagship to both Kerenskys, remains in geostationary orbit above Katyusha, maintained and operated by a crew from all the Clans.
The vessel remains a trust of the Grand Council until the day one Clan is designated as the ilClan by capturing Terra.
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