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>inhabited by elves
Elves should be somewhere towards North, close to a great tree. Dark elves and dwarves towards South, towards caves and mountains.
Eastern screams oriental culture, so you should go for Chinese cultivators on the great peaks of 天下 (tiān xià):
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR4-BXFwGzc
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUlyJT3RxQA
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEug-HaeAHw
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw9AHtGuWKw

Mongol-like warriors on the great plains:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4UHVX6anfs
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uhIhkuh6zo
Their Bökh too
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU6-3aqDsfQ

and villages and cities with lots of trouble like yazuka or something similar running the place as they want, red districts in old fashioned style, and that classic old Japan poverty.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqpUOBOMbho
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lCyNzw27Mk
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n6Asb8iSXE
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpraTAI5-jI
Take this too, they are a must
>https://yokai.com/

You asked and my brain told me I should give this kind of answer. Of course, this is only so you could take inspiration to what you are creating. Feel free to use anything or nothing at all.