On Lalonde there are six continents; the equatorial zone is uninhabitable for normal Humans without temperature regulation suits. Polar ice caps are five times smaller than normal; one of the continents, Wyman, is polar (northern), its weather being continuously stormy. Lalonde’s main settlement is Durringham, located on the southern bank of the Juliffe mouth, in Amarisk, the only continent of Lalonde being settled as of 2611. The Land Allocation Office of the Lalonde Development Company divided the planned settlement area into named counties.