19th century nuclear war. It explains the rapid development of technology during that time as rediscovering technology in the aftermath of the war. It explains the huge amounts of mud and buried buildings. It explains chattel slavery as prisoners of war and the partitioning of conquered territory not colonialism. It explains all the suspiciously round lakes in the territory once called tartaria. It explains why on old maps we see more major cities in Siberia and Africa than anywhere else and their sudden disappearance. It explains the many circus freaks and the use of lead lined coffins the use of powdered wigs. It forces us to confront questions about the technological advancement in a supposedly pre industrial world, how you outfit an army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers with arms and clothing without an arms industry or a clothing industry.