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The Sarna March
After gobbling up massive amounts of territory during the Fourth Succession War, the ex-Liao planets and systems were organized into a new segment of the government under the title Sarna March named after its new capital, Sarna. Because it was a wedding gift to his new wife, Melissa Steiner, Hanse Davion essentially gave the worlds to the Lyran Commonwealth. However, they were really jointly ruled by both houses.
On a map, the Sarna March fell on the Federated Suns side of the border until the union, but Melissa Steiner was the one investing in infrastructure in the ex-Capellan worlds with Steiner money. Also, Steiner military units moved in and began to garrison the area. Eventually, Davion units came in too, and as the Federated Commonwealth became one nation, many of these things began to mix.
The Sarna March includes important worlds like Nanking, Outreach, Northwind, Sarna, Styk, Terra Firma, Kaifeng, Epsilon Eridani, and Tikonov. The places on the Davion side of the FC have been denuded of many units as they have been shifted to the clan front deep in Lyran space. For example, the entire Draconis March which is on the border of the Draconis Combine has just 13 BattleMech regiments guarding the whole place. The Crucis March, which includes the capital worlds of New Avalon has just 16 regiments and 4 of those are on New Avalon. While the Capellan March and Sarna March are not stripped as much (because of the distrust of Sun-Tzu Liao and support of the St. Ives Compact), they also have lost some units.
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