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I use the word "nations" rather than race or species. The latter sounds too scientific for average characters to say, and race has connotations I do not like, and anyway isn't really accurate for distinguishing between something like mermen and goblins. I like the Latin natio, not least because Romans really did view other nationes as being other, not-quite-human, or at least certainly-not-Roman.

This does create a few problems in that not everyone knows the etymology of the word, so I have to take pains to say Dwarf Nation or the Nations of Fae and other circumlocutions in order to communicate the right connotation. It has the advantage of being peculiar to Altearth, so helps set it apart from other story worlds.