Thirty years have passed since Hyrule was last saved from calamity and Ganon was defeated. Now, the very tools used by the evil forces of Calamity Ganon[1] to wreak havoc on our kingdom, we are starting to put to our own good.
More than ten thousand years ago, the Sheikah people created a technology more advanced than anything we can produce nowadays. They produced armies of Guardians, autonomous soldiers able to fire powerful beams of light, and five Divine Beasts, enormous contraptions piloted by the Champions of each race, to defend this realm. However, one hundred and thirty years ago, Calamity Ganon hijacked the Guardians and Divine Beasts, turning them against us and leaving Hyrule in disarray, in an event known as the Great Calamity. Fortunately, Link, with the aid of the Champions' successors, managed to defeat Calamity Ganon and free Hyrule from its wrath. Since then, much progress has been made into researching the origins of this ancient technology, and finding new uses for it. Researchers at the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab have been researching the function and abilities of the Sheikah Slate, a mysterious tablet-like device, while those at the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab have managed to repurpose parts of decayed Guardians into functioning weapons and armor. Meanwhile, researchers at the newly reopened Central Ancient Tech Lab are inquiring on how ancient technology was produced - a consensus is yet to be reached, but there is some speculation that the ancient Sheikah technology is made of a special ceramic - and trying to replicate it, with no success. Whilst ancient technology is on the minds of most of Hyrule's researchers, one young aspiring Gerudo vai [woman] named Renami has taken up researching the mechanics of electricity in a bunker in an isolated part of the Gerudo Desert, from pieces salvaged from ancient shrines and the Divine Beast Vah Naboris.
Over the last 30 years, Hyrule has grown from a disparate collection of small towns scattered throughout the kingdom's edges to a fully functioning nation. Central Hyrule used to be one half ruins and the other half ruins with Guardians and Malice on top. Now it’s being converted into farmland to feed Hyrule’s booming population. Castle Town, only recently a place where no man would dare go, is now a grand metropolis of almost 100 people serving as the kingdom’s capital city. Other newly rebuilt towns, including Raore Town in Central Hyrule, Sarita Town in the Necluda Valley, and Tabantha Village in Hebra, have also attracted an influx of new residents. The construction of the Lanayru Canal linking the Hylia river system with the eastern ocean has resulted in a boom in maritime trade and allowed harbor towns such as Molida, Mido, Kitano, Lurelin and Laverra to flourish.
With its internal problems solved, Hyrule is free to set its sights outwards. To the west, the warlike Kamikari Khanate has been defeated and accepted Hylian sovereignty, leaving Hylian colonies on the Daltus River, such as the growing Daltus Town, mostly undisturbed (save for the infrequent raid by the Yiga Clan). The Zonai rainforest to Hyrule’s south has had only light penetration by Hylian and Gerudo colonialists, being mostly virgin earth save for outposts around Lake Gustaf. The Gongoro islands to the southeast and east have seen a few coastal settlements; less to for the mangroves of Yaltum.