Questions to the "world builders" (others free to give their opinion):
Measurement system (Lews mentioned km/h) - metric or other; universal or not?
Same would go for money - if I compare it to our world in the 19th century, and think of England versus the rest of the world (Any of you are old enough to know that the guinea had 21 shilling, the pound 20 shilling, the shilling - <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> - was it 12 pence? <-> or a decimal system? => or a binary or duodecimal (12 based) system?
Is paper money common?
In times of crisis it is of the utmost importance not to lose your head (Marie Antoinette)