User blog comment:Tholanar/If you were the High Queen or King of Skyrim..../@comment-2040576-20121220102813

Ooh... Let me think. Well, I am going to base this off my Stormclaok character, since he is my main. I presume after I take down Alduin and finish the Civil War quest, at some point there will be a Moot and I will be voted in.

The first thing I would tend to is the security of the new Kingdom of Skyrim. I will officially secede from the Empire and Skyrim will emerge as a Kingdom. I would send emmissaries to the Redguards of Hammerfell asking for an alliance and trade agreement (they too are no longer part of the Empire, and share similar interests to Skyrim).

I will also begin rebuilding Helgen as a major fort, which will basically watch over Southern Skyrim, especially Falkreath and Riverwood. It will be one of Skyrim's first lines of defense from any attacks from the South. To the North of Helgen I would allow all that land between the foot of the mountain, Riverwood and Falkreath to be used as farmlands (this is the area not covered in snow all the time). This will bea huge food suplly for the two towns and the fort. I will fortify Falkreath, since it is the must vulnerable city, and give Riverwood basic improvements on its fortifications.

For the first few years, while rebuilding Skyrim, I will raise taxes slightly and fines will be issued for any and all crimes, as well as a possible jail service. As a member of the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood I would have to relinquish my positions, but not cut ties entirely. I will allow both to continue their actions, so long as their victims are corrupt or evil persons and the actions of their guilds do not negatively effect Skyrim or her allies. The two guilds will be taxed per member for their activity to continue.

I would have to rebuild the army, so I would give all former Stormcloak and Imperial soldiers (still remaining in Skyrim) the oppurtunity to join. Every man will be required to train for military service when he comes of age, and remain on standby until old age. He will be required to do at least one to two years of active service in some form of the military - the Hold Guards, the army or the navy. Thereafter, he will be called upon in a time of war for as long as needed, but that is subject to change. With the army rebuilt, men in active duty will garrison all the forts and settlements of Skyrim, while the others will be allowed to resume their lives.

With our defenses rebuilt and a start towards rebuilding the economy, on which I can fund all these necessary changes, I would then get to making a stronger economy. I would contact the Empire, and offer a trade agreement, where the EEC may stay in Solitude and also trade with other ports in Skyrim, including Riften. Dawnstar and Riften's docks will be upgraded so that trade may increase in them. I would promote things such as mining, crafting, fishing, hunting and services in Dawnstar and Winterhold, as they are the smallest of the cities, and cannot make use of agriculture due to the constant snow.

I would imrpove the roads between all the towns and cities, and between our neighboring kingdoms and provinces of the Empire, which would promote trade and travelling and greatly support the growth of the two smaller cities, Dawnstar and Winterhold. I would urge people to support the College of Winterhold and Dawnstar Musuem, and hopefully within a few years, the cities will be much better off. I would have some men be trained at the College to become battle-mages, and require all men to learn the basics, such as healing, wards and maybe one or two destruction spells. This is not in the Nord fashion, but is a much needed edge against magically-aligned foes such as the Elves.

Since Morthal has somewhat of a dock, I would give it the contract for building smaller boats and ships (that can sail up river) to improve their economy, while Solitude and perhaps Dawnstar will get the job of making the bigger ships.

With a stronger economy in place I could now focus on less passive activities and begin causing some action. I would firstly gather every single Thalmor agent in Skyrim and imprison them for soemtime. They will then be put to the stocks for one week in every city for public humiliation. Then finally they will be executed at the Thalmor Embassy, which I will completely overhaul into a huge Temple dedicated to Talos. Shrines of Talos will be rebuilt in all the towns, as well as temples and shrines to other deities of the Nordic Pantheon.

I would then remove every Hold Guard in Markarth and station them on border patrol or trade route patrol, and instead garrison the city with the "intolerant pissed-off" Nord type. This would be to do away with the guards' lack of action against the corruption in  Markarth and the Forsworn. I will raid every single Forswarn camp and base and order the armies to kill the minimum. The survivors will be put to work in the mines, not only in the Reach, but the rest of Skyrim. The spoils from this campaign would be used to manage the army, as that would be one of the largest expenses.

I would release all the former Jarls from prison, and give them positions of management in their former cities or some other post.

My Jarls would be: Elisif for Haafingar, Sorli the Builder for Hjaalmarch, Balgruuf the Greater for The Reach (Thongvor Silver-Blood will still hold a position in Markarth, but I will appoint him as a president of the mining companies throughout Skyrim), Dengeir of Stuhn for Falkreath,  Vignar Gray-Mane for Whiterun, Skald the Elder for The Pale, Laila Law-Giver for The Rift, Korir for Winterhold (subject to change, perhaps I would give it to Galmar Stone-Fist) and Ulfric Stormcloak for Winterhold. The leader of my army would be Galmar, Thongvor would be the president of the mines and Maven Black-Briar would be the Head of Trade.

I would use all money left over that is not needed to pump back into the system to make improvements to all the towns, cities and forts. Windhelm would get the greates overhaul. I would extend its walls and raise the area of the Gray Quarter to be on the same level as the rest of the city. The Grey Quarter will become part of the market area, the Stone Quarter. I would then extend the city in all possible directions. More grand manors will be built in the great Volunstrad district (the upper class residential area) and other homes will be built behind the Palace of the Kings (this district I will call the Bear Quarter) and to the East of the city, past the former Gray Quarter, which I will call the Snow Quarter (the former name of the Gray Quarter). The Gray Quarter will exist no more and there will be no more segregation. I will also make the Palace of Kings much huger, adding a few extra wings, and perhaps increasing it in height and giving it a courtyard. I will also build a second line of fortifications across the river where the bridge to Windhelm is. It will serve as a first line of defense and as the "castle" for the city. Ultimately the city will become greater than Solitude, and I will move in there in the Palace of the Kings, with my own wing. Ulfric will of course still stay there.

Once all this is complete, I will begin my planning for a strike against the Elves...

I may add to this at a later stage.