Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25396609-20150821212026/@comment-24891101-20150822012904

It's ultimately not generally too different, though. The kingdoms are massive, and disasters affecting them would not necessarily hit the entire country, in which case it deals with them like a normal first-world nation, albeit with Dust, Aura, and high technology as additional wrinkles. Outside the walls, no one really lives there, and so it's much less of an issue.