you got fucking kings, Torygg, Helseth, living gods of the Tribunal.... under an "Emperor"? who puts some garrisons around but does.... what exactly?
theres an "East Empire Trading Company"? whats that do?
it kinda seems like a holy roman empire, kinda seems like a regular roman empire. they've got knights, dukes, but a Legion...
yes i know the answer is technically "these jackoffs just made it up as they went" and don't care a lick about political theory but this is exactly the kind of excercise that makes fun speculative historiography
The Elder Scrolls canonically had space travel (mananaughts) exploring the aetherium. Elder Scrolls isn't a story about how people work through class struggle to achieve higher levels of technology or magic, it's a story about decay and things getting worse and worse.
It's funny how the games on their own end on somewhat upbeat notes but the entire series can be seen as a Dark Fantasy story about imperial decline and cosmic horror.