User blog comment:VaughanTES/The Second Great War?! Part II!/@comment-1992639-20121127132613

Purely on sides and motivations, NOT historical resemblance of physique or their living environment:

Thalmor = Germans - ''Race superiority issues, subjugating those who recognize them as their betters, destroying those who do not yield. ''

(Talos worshipping) Nords = English - Attacked by the Thalmor, while the Empire stays neutral and did not enter the conflict.

Americans = Empire - ''Stayed neutral in the Talos-Nord / Thalmor conflict. Attacked the Nords when Ulfric gave them a reason to (possibly to allign Nord lands to their own, so that they can presure the Thalmor more).''

Italians = Khajiit - ''They may well switch sides when the Thalmor start losing a future war. They worship the Thalmor for purportedly bringing back the moons. If the Thalmor start losing a war, the Khajiit may doubt the genuinity of Thalmor powers.''

Russians = Orsimer - For now they fight with the Empire, but with more and more separation between the 'modern Orc' and the Malacath worshipping Orc their kingdom may revert to primal worship, perhaps going as far as invading Tamriel while it burns in the wake of an Imperial / Thalmor war.

Swiss = Bretons - They seem to stay out of trouble.