Your setting feels meaningless because it is meaningless . Stuff is only meaningful insofar as people care about it , and people don ' t care about your setting because nothing is happening in it . You have presented a stage with no actors of course people are going to tune out . If you want people to care about your work and have it not be a total waste of time , by the by , you need to start telling stories . You need to start grounding your ideas in narrative , and having characters pursue goals within your world . Audiences do not care about mountains , dynasties or tax legislation . They care about people , and their struggles . All that other stuff only matters insofar as it informs those struggles . The stage only matters insofar as it informs the play . So either put on a play , or stop complaining that noone cares about your stage .