User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5229167-20120702214022/@comment-5229167-20120706005326

There is no evidence to prove that the empire is "declining". The are reeling after a war, that is all. Germany, France, Great Britain, etc... all had problems after the world wars. Did they cease to exist? No, they didn't. If the Empire focused all of its assets in skyrim, they would destroy every nord in the country if they had a mind to, but the fact is, they don't even need to. Half of the nords in skyrim are against the rebellion. The stormcloaks are a pitiful splinter group of a rebellion with no hope of taking over skyrim.