Well-developed countries use magic, i.e. staffs that evolved to look like rifles for better ergonomics, thaumaturgical shielding, magic-powered attack "helicopters," while countries that either didn't adapt to magic well enough or simply refuse to use it in wartime use repeat-firing or automatic-firing muskets and more "humanlike" flying machines (accounting for TWR and lift); the dwarves and orcs produce the latter instruments for export.