It may make sense in terms of the biology of the dominant species. Super species might be able to attain a high level of technological advancement while not advancing too far over the surface of the planet, prefering to stay close to their colonies. So maybe their rate of exploration and exploitation on oddworld is slower then ours on Earth.
Alternatively western mudos could be an odd-world parrallel to the third world. Even in our time there are areas where a western sense of "order" hasn't penetrated... you might call them the frontiers of capitalism.
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