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[Final Fantasy VIII] Why is Esthar so much more technologically advanced than the rest of the world?
gpt
Different cultures progress at different rates. Asking why they are so much more advanced is like asking why we (the West) are so much more advanced than central African hunter-gatherers. 

Availability of resources

Fostering of particular attitudes

Random dumb luck in the birth of technical genius

The key factor, however, lies in the fact that Esthar is highly insular. To the point of xenophobia. They do not, under any circumstance, like to deal with outside powers. Their technology, their culture, their resources, everything in kept within their borders. This means they likely develop independently from the rest of the world, and due to the aforementioned factors, have progressed faster.