Fictional Universe Taxonomy Research

Age of Sail (1700)

Universe: Reality

Tech Summary

Value: Early Modern
Confidence: Canon

Navigation, gunpowder, printing, early industrial structures.

Kardashev

Value: 0.54
Min: 0.5
Max: 0.6
Confidence: CalculatedGuess

There are big ships and cannons, but the majority of the people lives like 2000 years ago: still 300 W. Yet, there are much more people.

Population

Value: 800e6
Min: 600e6
Max: 1e9
Confidence: Canon

References:

Quick Wikipedia research. Error bars guestimated.

Techlevel

Value: 4
Confidence: Canon

TL 4 Mechanical. Gunpowder weapons, printing press, precision navigation, optics. Hardest tech: precision clockwork (chronometers), lenses, mechanical printing.

Class

Value: 4
Confidence: Canon

Big ships, mills, early industrial structures, gunpowder weapons, printing. Class 4 Medieval/Early Modern.

Quite modern technology, big ships, metal working, mills, early industrial structures.