Talk:Trade Ya!/@comment-1746153-20140312132254/@comment-10390252-20140312135923

@Kaidony,

Although Equestria is a kind of schitzoid steampunk soceity in most ways, functionally it is more medieval than modern, with elements of feudalism mixed in with more modern cultural insitutions that make me think of Europe in the 18th Century - the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

Great Fairs continue to this day. They were still certainly major calendar events long into the railway age until transport speeds reached high enough and the telegraph meant that it was no longer necessary to meet a customer in person.