As some of you may know I am working on the Skalahseh role playing scenario. In this scenario I have a number of races and subraces available to players a number of said sub races are inspired by real world counterparts. I merely wish to post a few summaries and see if anything their could be misconstrued as racist.

Imperial- in Skalahseh the Humans of the “civilized world” are often referred to as imperials. Imperials have access to all or most of the accommodations of a civilized society such as schools and healthcare and as such based on the system being played their statistics reflect this. Imperials are separated into three ethnicities.
• Western Imperials (Sometimes northern Imperial)- With a culture and physiology based on southwestern Europe. The Western imperial is meant to cover everything from Britain to Greece. (But not the Celts)
• Southern Imperials- With a culture based on Middle Eastern society. The Southern imperial is meant to cover everything in that region with exception to the Israelites, and their physiology matches this. A important note is that the human residents of the southern empire are considered second class citizens by their Monan (Elvan) overlords.
• Eastern imperials- While technically they are west of the Western Imperial culture the eastern imperials are part of Skalahseh’s Far East. Thus the term eastern Imperial. They have a culture and physiology primarily based on ancient china.
Wild-Lander- in Skalahseh the polite term for Humans from outside the three empires is Wild-Lander. Heck most will consider it a complement to be called Wild-Lander. Wild-Landers are known for being larger and more resistant to illness than their more “Civilized” counterparts. This is impart due to them having a healthy dose of giant blood in their veins (they are sometimes called giant-kin due to this) and impart due to them living in less than hospitable conditions. The Wild-Landers are separated into two ethnicities.
• Ally- the Alliance was once a loose affiliation of tribes. Know it I’s a political force to rival the three empires. Based on Ancient Pre-Byzantine northeastern Europe the alliances culture and physiology matches this. Though their religion and a reasonable number of other cultural aspects are decidedly Byzantine. So you could say they are a mixture of Pre-Byzantine and Byzantine culture.
• Nomad- the Dark skinned peoples of the far-south where once a people of great nations. But for whatever reasons the three great emperies have seen fit to systematically burn down most all the evidence and hope of reclaiming this lost glory, way to go “Civilization”. Based on the rich and complex cultures of Africa. The Nomads are a people seeking to reclaim past glory not by obsessing over the losses of their past but by looking forward to a new dawn. They have a long road ahead of them, But they are and always will be the envy of nations.
Monan- the Monan are the descendants of Fugra the gentle hearted and Lun the enigmatic spirit of the moon. Gifted with beauty, grace, and power the monan are a decidedly unearthly race, standing a half a foot taller than an average man and possessing pointed ears and small vestigial wings, they are quite the sight. The They are known for being the most religious of peoples worshipping Yah (God) and showing great reverence for the spirits of creation. Monan has three ethnicities.
• Solan- The Solan are a race of Monan with physiology reminiscent of the Israelites however this is more a cosmetic similarity to their Difiran counterparts a consequence of their Lunan heritage. The Solan are actually the nobility or ruling cast of the southern empire. They revere Sol above Lun, as they believe that Sol guided them into the west during the exile of the Monan, while Lun apparently abandoned them.
• Taran- The Taran are a quite dissimilar to their Solan and Difiran cousins. Having a culture and physiology more reminiscent of the Celts than the Israelites. This is due to them having splintered off completely during the exile of the Monan. Preferring to return to the “origin of man” or the “true homeland” rather than follow the setting sun. Finding their new homeland they chose to revere Tar above Sol and Lun as she was the wife of Adan, making her the mother of all men.
• Difiran (also Lunan)—After the Monan freed themselves from captivity in the west the Lunan returned to their ancestral homeland and drove out the giants. Reclaiming their homeland and re-founding their once great nation. However as time passed the second alliance was formed under Yahan (Christ’s Skalahseh counterpart) and for a time the alliance was a bastion of goodness in Skalahseh until the treachery of the giants again brought misfortune to the Monan. Seeking to gain immortality a great Half-Giant Half-Monan chieftain made a deal with the Deamonic forces that sought to return to Skalahseh. Leaving the Monan’s once fertile homeland an inhospitable wasteland. While the other races of the alliance fled the Deamonic invasion the Lunan stood firm refusing to give any ground to the wicked forces of Mammon. Taking the name Difiran (Or ashmen) the Lunan set about becoming the last great hope of stopping the Deamonic hordes and reclaiming the holy land. Inspired by the Jewish heroes of the Old Testament the Difiran are a fierce and noble race who despite great adversity will never complain about their lot in life. Difiran mostly have Israelite physiology with one exception due to their descendants from the spirit lun they are all blessed with white hair a trait that has been weeded out of their cousins due to consistent mating with humans.

This isn't finished I will update the summaries when I am finished.

I don't see any of this as racist. Every world has its own races, even ours. And they're all different. Now, if you went and made some of them black, then made another race white, and caused one race to trample on the other, then that would be a bit on the dangerous side due to all the issues we've had in our world. But these things do happen, as evidenced by the events that caused the Civil War and such. Therefore I see no problem with writing about rival races, or one race defeating another, as long as it is not portrayed as "right."
Anyway, I don't think what you have here is racist.

Thanks for your input. It is mentioned the nomads (who are black) once had a great nation to rival the three empires however the imperials (of old not any of the current three empires; the western imperials would be the spiritual successors of of this act) razed it and burnt it to the ground. However this is seen as a horrible event quite decidedly not a "good thing".

*nods* I see. Yes, I think you should be fine. Now are there prejudices between the races even "to this day"?

Monan and Giant (One of four races recently not on the list) can stand within 20ft of one another without one attempting to break the other's neck. The Humans of the Alliance and western empire have been at war for centuries, And I can't imagine nomads being too fond of imperials of any kind. The V'An or beast races are often enslaved among Giants and in the southern and eastern empires. Rahtan are often stereotyped as thieves and are often forced to live in the sewers in human run cities. Wolvan are often hunted for their scalps by frontier settlers. It gets pretty bad. However with exception to the sewer thing all of this is seen and portrayed as immoral. The only reason Rahtan living in sewers isn't as big a deal is because due to a like of living in subterranean environments they actually like it, and well thanks to the Rahtan the western empire has the cleanest sewers in Skalahseh. (That's not racist is it)

I don't think anyone would call you out for racism. No world has all its races at perfect peace, after all. I'm sure it's fine.