Nordic peoples
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 545 million (2020) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Acrea 189,900,000  Æþurheim 129,700,000  Shalum 100,000,000  Delkora 73,900,000  Northern States 15,760,000 Cacerta 13,100,000  Ossoria 9,000,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Various | |
| Religion | |
| Various |
The Nordic peoples are a group of ethnicities in Tyran who trace their lineage back to the Nordic-speaking regions of Eracura. The wide array of different national ethnic groups within this label have caused some anthropologists to refer to the Nordic peoples as a "super-ethnic group". Although Nordic and its national and regional dialects are the predominant language for the greater majority of Nordic peoples, the group encompasses a variety of languages spoken including German (Gothic), French, and Northian.
Modern Nordic peoples are descended from populations who originated in northeastern Eracura, in what is now modern-day Acrea, Delkora, and Nordkrusen, with the largest being the Acrean-Nordlander subgroup which spread to assimilate practically all other Nordic groups in the area, eventually spreading into Delkora. Various Nordic peoples practice a variety of religions, though almost all are formed from Old Nordic religion, with some of the largest being Asuryan and Vallyar.
Etymology
The term "Nordic" originates from the Old Nordic term Norður, simply meaning north, and was used in different forms meaning Northmen by other ethnolinguistic groups in Eracura to describe the peoples of North Acrea and Nordkrusen. This description was eventually co-opted by Nordic groups themselves, who adopted the label Norðmenn.
History
Origins
The Nordic peoples have a largely agreed-upon single ethnogenesis, in a region spanning across Northeastern Eracura around the Gulf of Åland. The proto-Nordic peoples are considered to be descendants of the Erani-Eracurans diffused amongst local populations.