User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-1840877-20120629132604/@comment-3472264-20120701183916

The way I see it is that until the Thalmor have been dealt with Skyrim needs the Empire as much as the Empire needs Skyrim because as many Imperial soldiers will say "What the rebels like to forget is that the Empire is what's keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim." which could not be more true. So yeah once the Thalmor are no longer a threat Skyrim can go ahead and declare its freedom from the Empire but until then Skyrim being part of the Empire would be in the best interest of both the Empire and Skyrim.