Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-28142695-20160712153804/@comment-24561127-20160713193004

Draevan13 wrote: I think the Empire will recover, or crumble and a new Empire will take its place. After all the Empire in Skyrim is the 3rd Human Empire (or 4th, if you view the Mede Dynasty as being an entirely new Empire from the Septims').

I believe it is still the Third Empire. Who knows? The Fourth may be based on the Frankish Empire of Charlemagne.