microcosm
A little world, especially: the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world at large or the universe. Generally, a microcosm is a small community or other unity that in some way mirrors a larger society. I prefer focusing on microcosms rather than macrocosms. The microcosm is the immediate setting, the macrocosm would be the era, the year and the country (or planet) in which the story unfolds.
snow globe = microcosm
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