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Altmer- feudal japan. They seem highly advanced and arrogant like the ancient chinese. Armor somwhat matchea.

Argonian- South american or pacific islad tribes.

Bosmer- North american native tribes. Their hunting ability, clans etc give it away.

Bretons- Celts/pre saxon british. Dark haired but light skinned, druids, necromancers and shamans.

Dunmer- IDK

Khajit- Persian/shi'ite arabs/jews/romani. They are displaced and generally disliked merchants like the romanis and jews. Romani people are, infact displaces persians. Their culture is like that of persians. They may also be Shi'ite muslims of middle east, displaced and sent to remote areas. These shi'ites were a part of the Hashashiyyun (assassin) order, hence being sneaky assassins. But elseweyr, being mountains/jungles/desert, it may be the indian sub continent(nepal mountains, india jungles, afghanistan deserts)

Imperial- Romans. Their armour, culture and architecture gives it away. Like romans, theyre not physically strong but their tactics makes them great on battlefield. Names are also pretty roman (Tiber, Titus, Tullius, Proventus, Lucan) but some are a little more midern italian (Avenicci, Maruccio).

Nords- Scandinavian vikings. Their culture, armour, weapons, names, mythology, physiques, etc is highly scandinavian. They have battleaxes, horned helmets, mead, and their architecture screams viking. Skyrim is a cold, rugged land, kind of like norway. Their honoured dead go to Sovngrad(Asgard) and enjoy the life in the hall of valor (Valhala). And dragons.

Orsimer- Turks(before islam). Turks and Turkmens were nomadic, pagan and somewhat barbaric, like the orsimers. They lived in Arabia(hammerfell) before the islamic caliphate (redguards) kicked them out. Then they were forced into the mountains and steppes of Anatolia, Mongolia and Turkmenistan, (Orsinium). Their lifestyle is also like these Turks. But the orcish heavy armour and 2 handed weapons are the opposite of what turks had

Redguards- North african moors, or arabs. Their culture is DEFINITELY arabic. And their names. Nazeem, Nazir, and even Abdul-Rahman. They were strong, physically and intellectually. However, their skin colour is very dark. While arabs are darker thatn europeans, they are not this dark. This may mean they're north african (Algerian, Morrocan, Nubian, Mauritanian, Sudanese etc)