User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-173.189.226.24-20131231235438/@comment-17114085-20140101133312

The Reachmen are just unlucky, the Silver mines in the Reach are very valuable. The Nords and the Reachmen have been fighting over them for countless centuries. When General Talos conquered the Reach in name of the Nords 1000 years ago the Reachmen should have just called it quits, they aren't advanced or numerous enough to control the Reach. The only reason they were able to conquer it in the 4th Era was because the Empire withdrew the garrisoning legion, leaving the hold undefended.