No significant societal gains, either technological, sociological or artistic are being made, or have been made in recent memory. Your culture has remained essentially as it is for generations. Rulers tend to emphasise maintaining the status quo.
Destitute: These people are considered the dregs of society. They own no property, and may have no fixed home. Some perform no real work and are often unemployable. Others are in bond to a master and live at his whim.
Approaching adulthood you experience wanderlust and decide to travel, roll 1d6 to detirmine years spent travelling and think about where your character might have gone. (work with your DM to determine details)