[Americans (is a thing Nihuang sadly does not think even a little bit). She does think a little bit about the variety of societies represented here.]

Not at all. The distribution of black fire(/gunpowder) is heavily restricted due to the danger it poses in even small quantities, and the gun does not exist. If we had access to such things, war would look very different.

Or maybe there would be no war because all the demons of misfortune would be too frightened to walk the earth. [Ha ha.]