Pondering Wizard of Id

In this recent Wizard of Id strip we see Sir Rodney and the Idiot army attacking what we are told is the Huns' capital city. This is interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, the Huns no longer exist and previous strips have referred to modern events (the 2012-09-11 strip shows the wizard remembering the terrorist attacks of 2001-09-11), telling us that the story takes place in the present day, so clearly in the universe in which this takes place, the Huns still exist in the 21st century.

Also interesting is that the 21st century Huns have a capital city at all. In reality, they were nomads. This change is not surprising if they managed to last this long though.

All this does raise another question though. If this comic is set in an alternate version of the present day, what happened to reduce the level of technology so drastically? Is it just Id and surrounding nations or has the whole world plunged into some kind of horrible dark age?

I want to hear that story. Leave behind the tedious jokes about politicians being terrible and... whatever this one is, Jeff, tell us how the world came to be this way!