Some chap invested a lot of time into making the Skyrim experience nicer. I recommend you check out CHIM :)
Quite a lovely project, but you will have to spend some time to set things up. For example, if you have a good GPU available, you can set up TTS for NPCs, STT for yourself, and then a decent LLM to handle the world interactions. The NPCs then can listen to you talk, follow you, do stuff you tell them (like attack someone, or pick something off the floor), etc. It's something quite revolutionary, if you can spend the time to get it to work. If you're looking for some LLM provider on the cheap, nano-gpt has an 8 dollar per month tier that gives you "fair-use unlimited" access to open source models. Worth a shot!
Note: You won't be able to run all the models and the game on the same computer. The CHIM wiki has some suggestions on the amount of compute needed, and alternatives for the services so that you don't have to run everything locally.
I hope things get better for you! I would have recommended you get out of your country before they cancel your passport or something, but I'm not sure if it gets any better in other places. Even Europe seems to be speed-running fascism, and it's probably a matter of time before we follow in the US' steps...
Stay strong, and if things get really hairy, consider living off-grid. Gather together with other people that go through this, and make an escape plan. I believe it's becoming more and more sustainable nowadays with the advancements of solar panel technology to live outside civilization well.