Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-17114085-20141207123853

Only the Grey Quarter is in disrepair, and the city isn't overrun with poverty. The majority of the populace are very well off economic wise. Anyway the Grey Quarter is in disrepair because the Dunmer refuse to fix up their homes, like the Innkeeper who is saving up money to move back to Morrowind and doesn't use it to fix his Cornerclub. They want Ulfric to fix it for them, even though it is private property and he has no obligation to fix their homes for them.

I do agree with you that he is more of a warrior than a ruler, but that is what Stewards are for.

If the Empire loses they aren't going to continued the war with the Stormcloaks, they aren't that stupid. They know that the Thalmor are just waiting for the right opportunity to attack them and if they lost the war with the Stormcloaks but sent another Legion to Skyrim it would leave Cyrodiil less defended and open for conquest. That is why Tullius tells us that they are moving troops to the southern border of Cyrodiil, because they know an attack from the Thalmor is inevitable.

Anyway the Stormcloaks can replenish their forces just was well as the Empire. Hell, A lot of the members of the Stormcloaks are forcer Legionnaires. If they win the Civil War then they can actually take time to train their troops into a real army, instead of a militia.

Also the Stormcloaks have trade routes, they trade with the EEC and Solstheim, Hammerfell(In Dawnstar) and they can trade with the rest of Morrowind as well should they wish to. Both Hammerfell and Morrowind are bitter against the Empire, but not against the Nords.

Also the war isn't just about worshiping Talos. It is about the Nords not trusting nor wanting the Empire to rule them anymore. They think the Empire weak, which it is, and unworthy to rule them now that they bent the knee to the Thalmor and their Dominion, which they also did.