The resource-rich world of Csesztreg is a sparsely populated world in the Kirchbach Prefecture of the Rasalhague District. Settled almost exclusively by peoples of Hungarian ancestry, Csesztreg had generally poor relations with neighboring worlds. Marginalized, it developed rather slowly, and did not attract much outside influence, which kept its culture relatively uniform. It became part of the Lyran Commonwealth early on, attracting significant investments into the mining and manufacturing industries once it became known the planet was rich in valuable metals and rare minerals.

Csesztreg was a post-garden world upon discovery, a place turned dry and cold, with only a shadow of its formerly vibrant ecosphere. The first settlers lived around the remaining inland seas and waterways. During the Star league days terraforming techniques allowed the Commonwealth to at least temporarily reverse many of the climate changes, adding vast amounts of water in the form of icy comets to the ecosphere. In a few tens of thousand of years - the blink of an eye on a planetary scale, but a long time for a human colony - the man-made changes will have disappeared and the slow death of the planet will continue.

The world was the target of nuclear bombardment during the 1st War, then was conquered almost without opposition by the Combine in the 2nd. It has not been an easy world to assimilate into the Five Pillars. In their own way they are as independent and set in their ways as their Scandinavian neighbors. Only the core urban areas and the main resource mining operations are truly controlled by the Combine. The rest of the sparsely populated world is home to a Hungarian-speaking folk who desire nothing more than to be left alone.

Csesztreg is comprised of vast open savannas, majestic deserts, and great mountains. It's geology is old, with heavy erosion clearly visible everywhere. It is well suited for all sorts of mech warfare, except for the mountains and badlands, where only lights and jump-capable mediums should operate.

The Zala region is the key to Csesztreg. It contains about 35% of the total population of 145 million, the capital of Zalaegerszeg, the main aerodrome, much of the best agricultural land, and access to the main rail networks that connect to the mining districts. It is reported to be defended by a reinforced company/short battalion of Kuritan mechs, plus a small militia mech force (two lances at most, mo mech above 55 tons). A number of militia regiments are located in and around the capital, but Lyran intelligence does not expect they will put up more than a token fight unless civilian centers or key installations are directly attacked.