From the looks of world map on the Divintiy 2 website, basically your "world" is from Aleroth to the West. Where before it was Aleroth and heading East. So the western world is mostly human.

So you won't get to the Cursed Abby, Farmlands, and below I think was a military outpost.

Do npc's still bitch at you when you steal a loaf of bread off their dining table? Or just ignore you?

Every time there I run into trouble on the road, there is always a dwarf at the bottom of it. Don't they know how to drive above ground?