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The character(s) live in a small secluded world. It could be a [[Pocket Dimension]], a island without communication [[Hidden Elf Village|with the outside world]], a spaceship lost on the void, a special kind of prison, or something else that has the same effect. If there is any contact at all with an outside world, then this contact is very limited.
 
When there doesn't seem to ''be'' any world outside the [['''Small Secluded World]]''', then this trope overlaps with [[World Limited to the Plot]]. If there ''is'' an outside world, characters who grew up secluded from it are very likely to be naive to it. They might mistakenly believe themselves to understand their world -- beworld—be [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]. Alternatively, the characters are ''completely unaware'' that there exists an outside world at all: there's only the [[City in a Bottle]].
 
In any case, living in such narrow boundaries is likely to affect the characters negatively. They might get depressed, desperate to get out, or even fail to comprehend that anything larger then their Small Secluded World exists.
 
May often have a [[Wall Around the World]]. Any [[Hidden Elf Village]] or [[Ominous Floating Castle]] is likely to qualify for this trope if the characters are forced to live there for a while. Also, any case of [[Ontological Mystery]] is likely to also be a case of [['''Small Secluded World]]''' or [[World Limited to the Plot]], or both.
 
Compare with [[Bottle Episode]], where the characters are only locked in a secluded world, the bottle, for a single episode.
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