Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27007772-20140611204941/@comment-16047389-20140715133523

Frankly, I don't understand why so many people seem to be under the impression that even if Skyrim stays with the Empire, they have any chance of defeating the Dominion. Aside from Skyrim, the Empire currently consists of High Rock, Cyrodiil, and maybe Orsinium. Hammerfell was abandoned (and yes, that's exactly what happened) to face the Dominion alone. Elsweyr and Valenwood joined the Dominion for various reasons. Morrowind is in no condition to be fighting another war right now after the eruption of Red Mountain and the war with the Argonians. And Black Marsh has basically withdrawn from the rest of the world. So there is no point in remaining part of the Empire for security reasons.