Yes.

Ah, I understand. I appreciate the clarification. Yes, Abraxas is more advanced than Fodlan, but that is not a surprise. Fodlan is completely backwards. Maybe I should go to Brigid.

Yes and no vis a vis Thorne. There is much more raw magical power in Thorne: we could not accomplish what they have, magically speaking. A lot of magic is much more refined here, but there are also surprising gaps and a strange lack of curiosity on magical matters outside of what they deem proper. The libraries here remind me of the School's library: Very informative and very curated.

They are less than they could be. In that sense, Thorne and Fodlan are similar.

Each nation must be somewhat withholding given they all are at odds.