Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-14138255-20140823220823

Minus the Republic thing (HAH! You think something like that can be made in a Medieval Fantasy? Oh Anon, you make my sides hurt) that isn't a bad idea (also excluding the "killing Ulfric by stabbing him in the back" idea, other than that, only moral decision). And it really can work either way, though supporting the Empire would keep the infrastructure of the Empire intact and far less rebuilding than if the Stormcloaks ran through Tamriel and conquered everything (Skyrim doesn't exactly have the manpower it thinks it does, they're elite fighters not a horde the size of the province).