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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Words 504
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Characters 958
Unique Words 190
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Unique Kanji 125
1-Occurrence Kanji
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Avg Word Difficulty 2.21
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Word List (190 words)

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事になる12.71
12.74
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滅茶苦茶13.68
11.48
ここ12.11
ω14.11
ます12.81
ライフ14.24
親御さん14.79
お願いします13.20
12.09
11.64
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んん13.70
感想13.18
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21.95
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23.06
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22.74
22.57
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てる21.65
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22.65
21.16
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32.85
32.04
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って31.78
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32.73
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32.34
31.04
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42.74
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その61.44
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して61.31
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71.75
70.56
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100.54
100.48
100.86
外国114.10
こと141.30
140.48
170.41
172.34
海外174.19
210.77
450.28

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