Question about setting.

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Well I know that this may be a bit more of an ST question but I well here it is in a public area.

This setting for the game, what is it like? I have heard some of you talk about it but I am still a little lost about what it is like.

I will poise a few question here and there as I think of them so here is the first set.

What year is it?
I am asking for a rough year. Is it 20 years ago, 50, 100, 200 years in the future?

What is the tech level like?
Do we have the modern level of tech? Is the type of tech out there better than what we have today? Is it Perpetually modern? (Kind of what it is like in Marval comics when they are talking about present day.)

Who controls most of the tech?
I remembered hearing that there are multiple factions in the city, so who has the most and easiest access to the tech?

What is the Magic level like and who has the most control of it?
This is kind of simmilar to the tech level question, but a little simpler. Do we have a bunch of poeple who can do very small effects or are there people who can bring down the wrath of gods? Is there a specific set of people who just naturally have more control over magic than anyone else?

This is it for now I look forward to hering responses.