Covenant of Antartica
The enigmatic Covenant of Antarctica is the world’s
youngest and most unorthodox nation. Officially established in 1857 by
its founder, the eccentric Britannian scientist-aristocrat Lord Barnabas
Draynes Sturgeon, the Covenant has caused seismic shifts in global
politics and scientific advancement in the few short years of its
existence. The source of the Covenant’s influence is the mysterious
Wells Chasm, a cluster of huge crevasses in the Antarctican icecap
discovered by Sturgeon and his original multi-national expedition back
in 1845. Within the chasm, named after the pilot of the scouting
aeroplane from which Sturgeon had first seen the weirdly glowing
anomaly, was something the majority of scientists thought was just a
myth; a vast treasure house of extraordinary artefacts and knowledge
known simply as ‘The Vault’.