One of my original stories the prototype Distortions Of A Changed Planet, and later Samantha's Gambit was an expansion on. Here Otis is a US expat from the US to Iceland. Bare in mind this was before I wanted to move to France or Japan.
For an Uploaded Fairy prototype story, which branched off into its own continuity: Samantha's Gambit
For context, in my AU do to the severity of the Franco-Japanese wars, similar to world war II, people in European regions reverted to wearing Sabots, do to most of the leather going toward the war effort. This continued to be an issue in the Purgatory Road beneath the city in the sky, that couldn't afford 3D printing.
Gharina's from one of my short stories. For context on the footware, after the Franco-Japanese wars, wooden shoes became the standard footware.