Lorewise, Guscorp are the only party in central Imperium attempting to make strides with steam technology at this point in time, mostly because they have to, since the elementals aren't interested in sharing any of their magic with them. This facet of worldbuilding isn't my specialty, but ideally in the future I'll make it clearer how magic affects every day life and the development of new technology across Imperium, since it is kind of a big deal... But that's Future Axlwisp's problem! Poor unfortunate bastard.