- Veterinary Treatments that are more advanced than those in the Kingdom. For example horse treatments are adapted to help the Queen's unicorns. Cats exist in the Kingdom but they seem to get everywhere as do the mice they devour so vet treatments are needed for them. There are a few dogs (for example the little dog in the nursery rhyme) and cattle (same rhyme!) so whatever can help these animals is brought in here.
- Light Sabres. Wizards and witches to a man and woman liked these on seeing them in Star Wars. All of them have adapted their staffs and wands accordingly. The fairies are more sniffy about this, preferring to have highly decorated wands instead.
- Flowers. The Queen, her gardeners and other keen horticultural fans import flowers from around the universe(s). Triffids were quickly abandoned (after being destroyed) but roses, shrubs like mahonia japonica and grape hyacinths to name just a few have been brought into Kingdom gardens and eagerly adopted. Gardeners are generally considered to be amongst the nicest humans on the grounds they're trying to do something to improve the environment.
The Kingdom is very keen to save magical energy whenever it can. In fairness it has been attacked over the millennia by other worlds eager to steal its powers and in these circumstances the species do unite to see off the threat against them all. To date the Kingdom has not lost any battle but nobody takes this continuing to be the case for granted so borrowing ideas is seen as a necessity. More examples of this are:-
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