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| first_aired = {{Start date|1995|01|09|df=yes}}
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=== Conceptualization ===
The Spellbinder World was conceptualized as a speculative exercise of what might occur if a teenager was transported to a world in which the [[Industrial Revolution]] did not happen.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Spellbinder Castle - Information Section - Concept |url=https://spellbindercastle.tripod.com/information/story/concept/index.htm |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=spellbindercastle.tripod.com}}</ref> To create a sense of mystery, series creators Mark Shirrefs and John Thomson, "came up with the idea of the Spellbinders who kept control of their world by controlling knowledge"
=== History ===
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=== Geography ===
There is limited information about the geography of the broader Spellbinder World. The country overseen by the spellbinders is relatively small, comprising an approximate area of 20,000 kilometres bordered by a vast, desert called the wasteland.<ref name=":1">{{Cite episode |title=Show Me Your World |episode-link= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGiNP2H0X1g&list=PLl48jMfth9b8u6T37QklLW4vmk5cUS9AK&index=6&ab_channel=TwistedLunchbox-Australia%E2%80%99sBestKidsTV |access-date=May 31, 2023 |series=Spellbinder |series-link= |first=Noel |last=Gil |network=Telewizja Polska & Film Australia |station= |date= |season=1 |series-no= |number=6 |minutes=12:30 |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=English}}</ref> The territory seems to have a largely [[Continental climate|continental]] climate, mostly forested with some mountains with some land dedicated to agriculture.
=== Government and Politics ===
The Spellbinder World is a [[Feudalism|feudalistic]], [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] [[Oligarchy|oligarchic]] [[technocracy]], in which an elite group of technical experts, known as spellbinders rule over a technologically illiterate peasant population. The Spellbinders are, in turn, overseen by a committee of three [[Regents]] who reside in the Spellbinder castle. The regents appear to have absolute power, though they are subject to a Spellbinder Code and some rule of law.
[[File:Zamek Czocha w Suchej.jpg|thumb|The Spellbinders Rule from a Castle. The [[Czocha Castle]] in Poland was used for exterior shots.]]
The Regents are indifferent to the plight of the people outside their castle, enforce a very rigid code of laws designed to protect their hegemony. They [[Exile|banish]] anyone who discovers or applies the principles of science. The basis of their power over the people is their technology, and they are ruthless in their desire to prevent anyone else from understanding it.
The Spellbinders are beset with internal conflict due to the deterioration of their technology. Because there are only a limited number of power suits and flying ships still in operation, only a select few can be Spellbinders at any given time. At one point, a major dispute is legally settled by a ritualised duel in which Spellbinders fire power bolts at each other; such duels were noted to be somewhat archaic, however. The loser of such a match is stripped of their Spellbinder status and exiled to the wastelands to die. The same punishment is also given to anyone who violates the law against engineering.
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The Spellbinder World has a different [[Social class|class system]] than medieval societies in Paul's Dimension. The Spellbinder world appears to operate according to a largely [[Manorialism|manorialistic]] system of land ownership. Pesants work the land and pay tribute to the Spellbinders.
The Spellbinders play an analogous roles to [[
Villages appear to be administered by a local [[bailiff]] known as a Summoner. Summoners were permitted to use some spellbinder technology apparently to communicate with the Spellbinders. They were the only people, aside from Spellbinders, permitted to use eyestones or to approach summoning towers. This seemed to be a highly esteemed role, with Summoners taking on a somewhat higher social status than other non-spellbinders. Summoners are also responsible for recommending candidates for apprenticing.<ref name=":3" /> While exceptionally bright non-spellbinders are taken on as apprentices there is some degree of nepotism involved in the process though, as Gryvon is clearly only chosen to be an apprentice because his father is the Summoner of Clayhill.
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=== Economy ===
The economy of the spellbinder world appears to be largely [[Agrarian society|agrarian]]. The Spellbinders actively discourage innovation of any kind, forbidding even rudimentary engineering. Consequently, there is no industry to speak of. They do not seem to have any monetary system and operate a [[Barter|barter economy]], called “swapping”. Members of the different villages meet regularly at a market in Rivertown.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Where am I? |episode-link= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGiNP2H0X1g&list=PLl48jMfth9b8u6T37QklLW4vmk5cUS9AK&index=6&ab_channel=TwistedLunchbox-Australia%E2%80%99sBestKidsTV |access-date=May 31, 2023 |series=Spellbinder |series-link= |first=Noel |last=Gil |network=Telewizja Polska & Film Australia |station= |date= |season=1 |series-no= |number=2 |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=English}}</ref>
=== Science and Culture ===
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By contrast, the Spellbinders have sophisticated knowledge of electrical engineering and electromagnetism. Spellbinders developed electromagnetic power suits, long-distance radio communication, and metallic ships that used powerful magnetic fields in order to fly. The Spellbinders also have an advanced understanding of astronomy; Regent Coreon both knew about and had a [[Heliocentrism|Heliocentric]] model of the solar system in his rooms. It is unclear, however, what knowledge contemporary Spellbinders have about their own technology, with Regent Coreon noting that much of his activities are dedicated to re-learning lost Spellbinder knowledge. He notes most of their knowledge, particularly of power suits and flying machines was lost after a civilizational collapse. Their flying ships and power suits are falling into disarray as they frantically search to rediscover the knowledge lost to them.
The people of the Spellbinder world are ignorant of the true nature of the Spellbinders' technology. To them, their [[#Power suits|power suits]] and [[#Flying ships|flying ships]] are magic.<ref name=":3" /> The Spellbinders exploit this belief in order to maintain control over the people and use them for labour.
==Spellbinder technology==
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