Have a world where the tribal model is predominant over the civilized model? Not necessarily no civilizations, but instead of cities, cities everywhere and ne'er a place to think, what about a world where the tribal peoples of the world get wanked instead? In this world, what would an absence of the growth of civilization do to languages? How would hunter-gatherers fare? In this world, is it possible to have groups with cool names such as the Silures and the Oscans continue to exist languages and all....and is the growth of centralized power on the scale of the US, Canada, and the old USSR inevitable?