The city on the rather desolate panet of Lam 3 occupied by the Muslim migrants from Earth who took with them their Islamic way of life and their Islamic culture. It is the only inhabited part of the planet, although the surrounding area has been irrigated and brought under cultivation. The whole terrain of Lam 3 is desert-like, and not unlike the Arabian desert on planet Earth, although the star around which Lam 3 orbits is brighter and hotter than Earth's star, the sun. This makes the terrain desolate and inhospitable, and there is no surface water, although there is underground water in a few places. The city was established near one such place. Historically, Kufa was a city on Earth in the early days of Islam, situated in the then country of Iraq, not far from Najaf which became one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning and where the shrine of Imam Ali, the sucessor of the Holy Prophet, was built. Recently, a new government was established on Lam, one of whose declared aims is to liberate the territories around Najaf which are under Martial Law, declared by the Earth Government.

Kufa ( , anc. Persian name Surestan) is a city in modern Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River.