That's because Forgotten Realms is the assumed default campaign setting for 5e, much as Greyhawk was for 3e.
Don't confuse narrative fluff with rules :p That fluff provides context for the rules, but only in the settings in which that fluff applies. The rules per se are setting-agnostic, and a different setting (Eberron, for example) may provide a different explanation for them.
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That's because Forgotten Realms is the assumed default campaign setting for 5e, much as Greyhawk was for 3e.
Don't confuse narrative fluff with rules :p That fluff provides context for the rules, but only in the settings in which that fluff applies. The rules per se are setting-agnostic, and a different setting (Eberron, for example) may provide a different explanation for them.