There is a considerable degree of blurring between this form of science fiction and that which deals with dystopias. Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in an agrarian, non-technological future world, or a world where only scattered elements of technology remain. The region called the Low Countries (comprising Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) have the same toponymy.Place names with Neder, Nieder, Nedre, Nether, Lage(r) or Low(er) (in Germanic languages) and Bas or Inferior (in Romance languages) are in use in low-lying places all over Europe. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized). A Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in an agrarian, non-technological future world, or a world where only scattered elements of technology remain. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster.
