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Were the Llyrians human?

I have been imagining the Llyr Empire as something similar to the Austrian Empire, with one group in-charge of many ethnic and cultural groups (and in this case species) with fewer rights. Is that fine?
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Not specifically human, but humanoid. Sort of a template race of humanoids with many closely related races, the Zylatt (which I've only barely mentioned) the Luak who were culturally distinct from the Llyr, but had many close relationships with the former Empire.