User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 912: A Futile Feudal Life/@comment-53539-20180730163428/@comment-53539-20180731052802

^I did not forget that, I just don't see that as a big deal because its a minor part of the country, when the rest of the country is as I sid.

Thats about all about there is to this current arc though...

We're basically in a country that in terms of OP itself is otherwise very primitive. This isn't the only time that this occurred because the Sky Island arc is an example. However, we had a lot of "world building" new things thrown at us like the dials. This... So far is pretty mundane, I'm hoping Oda picks things up soon... :-?