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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' takes place in an alternate early 20th century with working [[Magitek]] in the form of alchemy. However, it explicitly takes place in an alternate world separate from our own.
* The setting of [[Sergey Lukyanenko]]'s ''[[Seekers of the Sky]]'' duology diverges from ours when [[Jesus]] is killed during the Massacre of the Innocents, resulting in a different Messiah with different powers and goals. Unlike Jesus, the Redeemer passes his one miracle to his disciples, and it spreads from them throughout the world. This miracle is the Word, allowing the user to place any inanimate object into another dimension known as the Cold to be retrieved later. Not only has the Word changed how many things are done in the world (those who possess it keep all their valuables in the Cold), but the Redeemer attempted to end war on Earth by removing all the iron he knew about when he left. Thus, this setting is largely shaped by a major deficit of this very useful metal (e.g. iron replaces gold as currency and status symbol). The duology mostly serves for the author to explore the dominant religion of this world, which is similar to Christianity in some respects but very different in others.
* ''[[Fenspace]]'' seems to be Type X-II. It takes place in a timeline where a substance called [[Applied Phlebotinum|handwavium]] was discovered (or set loose) in the early 2000s. When applied to "ordinary" technology, handwavium "uplifts" it into quirky ultratech, which basically allows anyone to turn cars into spacecraft and pocket calculators into AI supercomputers. Once this prompts the wholesale exodus of North American [[Science Fiction]] fandom into space, the subsequent scientific, social, political and ''military'' ramifications are explored with reasonable rigor and an eye toward plausibility.
* The native superhero setting for ''[[GURPS]]'', the world of the International Super Teams, is X-III, perhaps X-II if you're feeling generous. The divergence point is the genetic manipulation of humanity's ancestors millions of years before the present day, but it's only in 1929 that it makes a difference, spawning a world of superheroes and superscience that manages to balance gritty with four-color. Politics, society, science and technology are all affected realistically by the presence of superhumans in the world.
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