If you don't intend to BIS with Sal'Varae's Robe, then honestly any race is okay.
Halflings get +5 exp modifier, hide and sneak, but no robes (if fashion is your thing) can not wear the +wis version of Dwarven armor.
Gnome get tinkering (nice to play with but not essential) (brell gnomes get +wis version)
Dark Elves get hide and can wear robes (DE armor not nearly as good as dwarf, but still cool)
Dwarves have the best starting stats over all
Erudite, human, high elves -- bleh longshanks all of them
The Dwarven imbued/enchanted is very hard to beat in terms of awesome gear from 1-60. Unfortunately, we have not had a dev response regarding that outcome of the currently available cultural armor in light of the needed change to include gems with the enchanting of the cultural metals.
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