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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帝国12.71
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ω14.11
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舎利14.04
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11.64
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んん13.70
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にして12.30
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近く12.69
お手柔らかに14.81
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反対13.40
かっ13.46
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らしい12.54
11.86
12.11
には11.57
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留学14.19
Σ15.11
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11.48
13.17
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11.71
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12.09
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でしたら13.49
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12.13
頂ける13.53
13.14
12.90
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14.08
12.09
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12.74
さん11.77
11.96
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疑問12.92
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13.65
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設定13.32
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当たる13.06
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なら12.00
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ない11.61
エッセイ14.42
遠浅15.52
うっかりミス15.57
12.31
んです12.32
11.46
連邦13.98
親御さん14.79
のに12.21
お願いします13.20
ます12.81
沿岸14.64
あり12.26
フィリピン15.33
参賀12.47
刷り込み15.02
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