User blog comment:AveryWood/Reasons Why Going With the Empire is Better/@comment-1967485-20120818180540/@comment-5280592-20120818201645

I disagree with the Empire taking the "wuss" way. If they fought the Thalmor at that point it would of been a pretty drawn out ending with starvation, inflation, drafts, and many other problems. By signing the treaty to get time to recoup the Empire basically guaranteed themselves a victory, simply because humans breed faster than mer races.