Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-12.4.188.241-20130321184259/@comment-7153552-20130408223423

Their issue with Talos is that Talos was a physical man they can all remember...emphesis on "Man". In the eyes of the Thalmor (or more correctly in the eyes of the Aldmer Dominion):

Man < Mer < Altmer < Aldmer Dominion

So to be the top and best of it all you should be a High Elf in the Dominion, otherwise you're crap! It's interesting that we make talk of the Stormcloaks and how their 'nationalism' is really just 'racism' but we always leave out the Aldmeri...

At any rate, most Imperials believe in the Divines (nine or eight, depending on preference and time frame), but there are of course rogue-religious groups out there (the Deadra).