The setting adheres to the precepts of the Mundane Manifesto, a system of self-imposed restraints similar in spirit to the constraints of Dogma '95 (see here) in film. Such settings usually fall rather high on the Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness, but there are exceptions. A quick overview: The Mundanes promise to eschew... ... while still providing other instances of Applied Phlebotinum that do not break these rules. Examples of Mundane Dogmatic include: