So on the topic of Omestrians, I was reviewing the other day because it seems they're pretty much a bastard race with little correlation to what we know as races of modern times.  I honestly was comparing them to Scandinavian culture (as we didn't have an Omestrian already made we're trying not to use the old thread as a framework) and so I named Viveca based on that.  However, it seems they have a more Indian/Middle-Eastern feel than I had initially thought.  At least, when compared to Indira.  Shy's Omestrian (Ziotea[sp], right? Still getting characters straight) is a pale redhead, mine is a blond-haired, fair-skinned woman, and Indira is a dark-skinned, tall, dignified type.  I'm a little confused - if they have a language, what does it compare to? (Like LaNostre is Spartan/Greek, Varya is Russian/Slavic, T'sarae is the Middle East, etc.)  I guess they don't all have to have an exact correlation, and Omestris with it's wartorn, decimated culture, is probably the biggest mixing pot of races defined almost solely by the golden eyes.

EDIT: They could be, come to think of it, based on a Jewish/Israeli correlation.  That comes in all colors, sizes, and shapes and historically kind of lines up well.  Just spitballing.  I like cultural equivalents, gives me something to base it on.