User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-6336669-20130507202240/@comment-6573099-20130508231731

1: I do not recall you mentioning that in the first paragraph

2: We have no Idea of the true power of the Thu'um, as the dragon born only learns a few of the possibly hundreds of shouts.

3: Let's say the mages guild faces off against the fighters guild, who would win? Mages guild has access to powerful magic that can take out crowds, bend the will of large groups of people, conjure up deadly soldiers and atronachs from oblivion and the ability to heal wounds with spells, where as the fighters guild has warroirs (mostly close range with some archers). Once the call goes out, the fighters guild would not stand a chance.

4: As I recall, The Akavir had no trouble with this, even building a couple of forts on the cyrodiilic side.

5: sub-sections for more points:

a: If they wanted to be "symbolic" and official make themselves independent, why would they use a system that makes them much closer economically to the system they want to escape?

b:All resources from Skyrim can be found elsewere, and for less after tariffs and such due to division, or would tariffs not be used in this trade with SEPARATE nations whom the new government has vilified?

c: With who could they make alliances? Hammerfell is a port-based economy that rellies on trade with other provinces. Though Hammerfell is independent, their desert land makes self sufficiency difficult. And seeing as almost all other states would either hate Skyrim for its reputation of being racist or want nothing to do with it due to it new government, the nords are on their own on this one.