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Ah crap, my mistake, it looked like to me that you were equal to Edoniras in terms of tech. Although something we should clarify is whether coal or blue coal is used more often. Coal still exists and is more common, but much weaker and does not allow for many of the amazing inventions that we have. Blue coal is stronger and far more powerful, and lets you use the amazing inventions.
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Haha all good.
The split between the two is pretty even. Private companies in China rely on regular coal, and are only somewhat ahead of real life. Likewise, private individuals use it to heat their homes in all the cities, and day-to-day running of most machinery is done with regular coal. Blue coal is reserved for the largest of government factories, and military vessels. It burns far hotter (right?) so it's main use is in advanced welding and tempering, to get stronger, tighter shells on the Royal Navy's battleships, and stronger tools for mining.

But are you gonna post a bit more detail about this setting? I'd like to have a better idea about what the limits are. Are cars common? Do airships exist yet? How advanced are guns?