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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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)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
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ここ12.11
あり12.26
12.09
走る12.77
おかしい12.76
因に12.87
ファンタジー13.68
果たす13.42
場合12.60
なんか12.48
近隣13.99
そうでなければ14.03
11.96
ω14.11
外に12.98
登場13.44
13.17
としたら13.18
設定13.32
異世界12.94
と言うか12.68
11.29
11.64
11.71
引っ掛かる14.14
エッセイ14.42
らしい12.54
心配12.58
海底14.05
12.09
でしたら13.49
12.64
さん11.77
13.14
向こう12.90
オーストラリア15.28
んです12.32
帝国12.71
頂ける13.53
等など14.32
留学14.19
読む12.89
12.31
ですか12.36
れる11.22
近く12.69
有り難うございました13.41
事になる12.71
反対13.40
ない11.61
特に12.62
とか12.08
対岸14.50
疑問12.92
当たる13.06
ます12.81
沿岸14.64
12.11
ライフ14.24
外洋14.74
お願いします13.20
認識13.06
ながら11.91
統一13.75
かっ13.46
フィリピン15.33
11.46
ハードル14.33
13.65
12.90
14.08
12.92
若しくは13.38
参賀12.47
12.74
滅茶苦茶13.68
だよね13.23
どれか14.37
インドネシア16.07
善い15.20
んん13.70
のだ11.65
向かう12.31
12.65
ちょっと12.29
なら12.00
干潮15.99
キャラ13.48
連邦13.98

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