A normal African tribe until a meteor gave them magic metal; or a civilization far, far older than Human sapiens itself who was already advanced 1,000,000 years in the past?

An unstable place that has to be taken care constantly or so good of a Utopia that it allows its King to live the life of a celebrity in America and New York?

"Rwanda-with-skyscrapers", where despite all of its advancements the people still have to deal with shit like rape camps in the open, or an Intergalactic Empire on their own who could put the Federation to shame?

How a fucking metal causes any of this, by the way? They don't even sell the damn thing!