Here's the technology from my world.

WEAPONRY

Firearms

Firearms are used by important rich people. However, gunpowder is expensive and hard to find, so they aren't used in war.

Swords

Everybody in the countries of Tushola and Saruh owns a sword and would never leave their town without it. In Conshite and Leonsa people are less violent and few outlaws, thus, swords are also rare. Due to the tensions between Iriwon and Stoson, and the spies and people who go to the other countries, people also will always carry a sword, sometimes even in their own town. In Blimos and Sation, sometimes people will carry swords, and others don't, because of dangerous outlaw gangs. Sometimes the ratio is skewed depending on the region.

Battle Axes

These are used mainly by the dwarves, and are built extremely sturdily.

Spears

These are used mostly by the tribes of Enst and in the western countries by sentries or guards.

TRANSPORTATION

Sea Travel

All countries at the present have advanced ships such as clipper ships and schooners and frigates. The reason that these ships were developed was from larger countries like Tushola which needed ways to get around to other parts faster. Also, canals have been dug to access inner parts of countries, especially Tushola.

Land Travel

The most common way for people to travel on land is to ride on horseback, except saddles are expensive and are used only by royal people when joy riding. Most commonly they (the royal people) will use litters. Commoners use wagons and buggies.

Air Travel

It is very uncommon for anyone in the world of Menbie to travel by air, and when they do, they are either using their own wings or riding on a winged creature such as a griffin or an eagle.


ARCHITECTURE

Houses

Most of the houses in the world are small one-storied brick houses. They are strong, and very storm resistant.

Buildings

Businesses and stores are generally also brick or lumber. Lumber buildings are normally smaller and made strategically so that strong winds pass over. Brick buildings could be 2 stories high, and are doubly reinforced with a second layer of bricks and strong metal or wooden beams.

Hey Elanhil,
I don't get around to Holy Worlds very often, but I had a few minutes today and your post caught my eye.

A couple of questions...why is gunpowder expensive and hard to find? Have you researched the components of it? The basic building blocks of black powder are organic and very common (for instance, the Potassium Nitrate needed for saltpeter can be generated with plant matter, dung, and urine composted in the right manner. Let's face it, most cultures have no shortage of those items! ) The fact that the compound might be expensive also doesn't make it exempt from being used in war. If a kingdom wants to protect itself (or has imperialistic designs on another) they are going to utilize the best weapon for the job, and sad to say, guns win over everything else in that capacity. Perhaps your world hasn't developed the right technology to produce well-functioning firearms...I would buy that explanation for why they aren't used in war before I'd be willing to accept the "expensive" line. (Not to mention, war=expensive is a pretty widely accepted equation.)

Another item that stood out was your mention of commoners not riding horseback, but rather using buggies or carts. Unless there is some situation in your region that eliminates all of the tan-able hide bearing creatures (cows, horses, deer, etc.) I would not think that a leather saddle would be pricier than a cart or buggy. If you go by today's standards, a horse drawn vehicle is around 10 times as expensive as a saddle. Now, if the issue is the price of an animal to ride, that I might accept more readily, but then you have to change the information to say that commoners typically walk. (Which, by the way, is historically pretty accurate.)

So, those were the items that stood out to me as perhaps needing some rethinking. Nice work, though, in tackling some of the nuances of your world...details that will give it depth as you flesh them out.

Blessings on your endeavors!
Becky Minor

Perhaps I was a bit unclear about the buggy thing. I meant that if they need to travel long distances, such as across a continent, then they would splurge and hire a buggy or something. Otherwise they would most likely walk. Most commonly, royalty and rich people would use a buggy and litter when needing to get somewhere. I should probably re-write that.

As for the fire-arms, I just want them to be present in my book, just not that much of a factor. Maybe the technology isn't well developed yet and they need some sort of hard-to-find chemical to make gunpowder and haven't discovered other cheaper ways. Also my world could be different and requires other means to make gunpowder. What works on earth may just NOT make a spark in this world, due to differences in atmosphere. I'll change it though, that's way to hard to explain in a novel or story. As for not being used in wars, they actually were used in recent wars, just not in large numbers. I also think that since it's such a new technology the accuracy and effect is hideous. Maybe I'll write them out completely.

Thanks for those pointers!!

What do they do for Naval combat?

I'm not quite sure yet. I'm thinking bows and arrows along with spears would be the most likely.

Also, firearms officially don't exist.

Ok. Perhaps ballistas or other siege engines?

Maybe.

Also, Firearms officially re-exist. To make gunpowder, there is a special chemical mined in the east which is very hard to find. They either haven't found out about the cheap methods, or it simply doesn't work in Menbie.