Nordic peoples
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 500 million (2020) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Acrea 153,600,000  Æþurheim 123,800,000  Shalum 100,000,000  Delkora 73,900,000  Northern States 15,760,000 Cacerta 13,100,000  Ossoria 9,000,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Germanic languages | |
| Religion | |
| Various |
The Nordic peoples are an ethnolinguistic group in Tyran who, in the broadest definition, speak one of the Germanic languages. Considerable anthropological debate centers around whether the definition should include all Germanic-speaking peoples, or strictly to those who speak the Nordic languages. Nordic peoples are the largest ethnolinguistic group in Tyran. Historical and sociological reasons has led to a wide array of different ethnic groups within the wider Nordic ethnolinguistic group, with the largest being the Acreans and the Aethurians.
Modern Nordic peoples are descended from Old Nordic populations who originated in northeastern Eracura, in what is now modern-day Acrea, Delkora, and Nordkrusen, with the largest being the Acro-Nordlander subgroup which spread to assimilate practically all other Nordic groups in the area. 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.