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* '''Straight''': The Kingdom of Genericland still has the same tech, borders and ruling dynasty as when they were founded a thousand years ago.
* '''Exaggerated''': A man emerges from stasis after twenty million years and can't tell the difference.
* '''Downplayed''': The world still looks and acts like a medieval one, but [[Schizo
* '''Justified''': Another society is manipulating things behind the scenes.
** Alternatively, people are just VERY traditional and that causes history to repeat itself again and again, allowing for no great changes.
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* '''Reconstructed:''': But then something like a Cataclysmic event happens and reverts it back to the stone age, meaning that Genericland is the only land that does not devolve into chaos.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Another country, one that ''is'' a thousand years ahead, invades and conquers easily. It then turns out that this other country has been at the same a thousand years ahead level for ''two'' thousand years.
** See the entries for [[Clock Punk]] and [[Schizo
* '''Averted''': Genericland does not have any absurd levels of technological stagnation.
* '''Enforced''': The work is a sequel, far separated in time from the original but the creator didn't want to change the feel of the work too much.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Did you notice how we're all still using horses to plow when Advancilvania next door has tractors?"
* '''Invoked''': An especially bright peasant designs a device you mount on your plow that drills holes in the soil for seeds...a "[
* '''Defied''': ...so he leaves for next-door Advancilvania and builds it there. Assuming [[Planet of Hats|there is an Advancilvania]].
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Back to [[Medieval Stasis]]. You'll notice Brother Gerard did a fine job on [[Schizo
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