"Elsweyr and Valenwood have been under the Aldmeri dominions thumb since the great war" Elsweyr escaped the grasp of the Dominion around 4E 203-204 and inside the Empire instead, just to clear that up. The intro post just hasn't been updated yet

And the Culture/society thing for the Argonians must be a nightmare, they are so secretive we don't know much at all lol, so I wouldn't worry about that one