Quote Originally Posted by SnowyRed View Post
It would have been nice if the city-states were racial like in Final Fantasy XI. I really loved San d'Oria and would have liked to make my Elezen a citizen of a very European, Elezen society.
They actually made the city-states more racial in ARR. And from the looks of it, Ishgard seems to be the new San d'Oria in this game. The outskirts and many towns are filled with high and mighty Elezens. It has a very San d'Oria feel to it with the names, families and nobles.
Even to the point of there being some big religious stuff going on like a church (just like in ffxi)