When "foreign country/overseas" is mentioned in fantasy/alternate world works (especially those set in inland nations), I think "huh?"

When "foreign country/overseas" is mentioned in fantasy/alternate world works (especially those set in inland nations), I think "huh?"

ん? ってなる奴

In fantasy/otherworld works, when a foreign country is written as "overseas," it makes me think "Huh?" Some people might wonder "What does that mean? What's wrong with that?" but something about it bothers me... or rather, it catches on something. That "overseas" — what does it even mean? If a work describes a foreign country as "overseas" but then writes "they traveled to the neighboring country by carriage," I think "Huh??" If you're calling a foreign country "overseas," then "Is the neighboring country connected by land so you can go there by carriage? Is there a shallow ford that only appears at low tide? Or is this a fantasy world where there's a carriage that travels over the sea or on the ocean floor!?"

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14.08
でしたら13.49
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12.09
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12.64
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さん11.77
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ます12.81
んん13.70
12.13
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11.46
11.64
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11.71
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13.65
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12.92
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13.17
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12.74
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12.31
12.09
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かっ13.46
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11.86
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には11.57
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12.90
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善い15.20
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ですか12.36
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れる11.22
Σ15.11
11.48
指す13.83
帝国12.71
気になる13.19
にして12.30
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