[quote=jeray2000]
How does the technology stat relate to the actual technology of the nation? Would -10 mean bronze age, 0 means iron age, and 10 mean late 1800's/ late 1900's or what?
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I was thinking something like a 10 would mean you could have a steampunk-ish nation, while 0 means you have a tools, but not machinery. I hope that's a sufficient explanation. It isn't a very clear-cut scale, honestly...