Standard Units of Measure in New Britannia

It just doesn't make any sense to use meters in-game.. for example.. human characters in unity are 2 meters tall. There's also no lore base for using the metric system.

 

I know this game isn't 'historical', but our metric system came about in response to a specific problem, and it stands to reason that a similar problem would need to occur in New Britannia's history (or future) for such a system to come about there.

Also, even with problems known, the new system wouldn't take hold until a huge political upheaval (it took a revolution of the seated government in Europe). Only when new entities take power and people are looking for change, are drastic transitions like this accepted by a society.

We all know that New Britannia is made up of a disparate collection of war-states, each with its own intrinsic economy. The people of each region largely stay within its borders, and the only far-reaching entity known is the Oracle, which hasn't shown interest in the trading of goods, or seats of power, but is more of a religious-like sect that influences moral and ethical discussion - things which cannot be quantified and measured in a traditional sense.

Only when the various powers that be unify, share a common currency and the regional economies become one, will the need for standardized units of measurement come about.

I could see Lord British taking power, unifying the world and the races within it, and beginning to implement a metric-like system over the course of the 5 episodes though. ;-)

 

The only problem I have with this is he's already done the whole rule the known world gig for several hundred years and never saw fit to implement the metric system.

 

Yes well, this New Britannia is much more advanced than the old Britannia.. clock-punk gear heads in Britanny may need to standardize their tesla clamps to be compatible with Valhold's aether disrupters some day..