Ummm i always thouth that tyleans represents italians of renaissance, also the name of their cities and leaders are surely italian related, also tilea once had an empire that could be related to the roman empire. I remember the dogs of war miniatures of tileans and i am sure that lorenzo lupo of luccini was surely roman inspired ^^
However i tried luccini yesterday and they have a decision called "restore tylean empire" that ask you to conquer all tylea and estalia.
Edit:sry doublepost
They are definitely more Renaissance Italy than old Roman Empire Italy.
Do dwarfs have cannons? I saw that humans have them, and dwarfs? I saw only ironbeard and gunners, is a particular event for unlock cannons?
Stunties aren't done yet, but so far they don't have any IIRC. Chaos Stunties do though, and they are glorious.