The planet housing Ishundar is largely characterized by the high-altitude continuous sandstorm that carries in the turbulent upper atmosphere, giving a corona to the sun and constantly raining grit down upon those on the planet's surface.

This continent is extremely arid and inhospitable to life. Its salt-water lakes are the only break in the unending bleakness that is Ishundar.

The surface of the continent is extremely rough, making off-roading a challenge and making roadways something of a predictable path for convoys.

The continent is split in two by a gigantic canyon valley between the two highlands in Ishundar's center, making traffic flows between the two halves more predictable and creating bottlenecks for tacticians to exploit.

The facilities here are spread across the whole of Ishundar, with even the sub-capitols a good distance away from its capitol, Enkidu.