User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-14027812-20131229230809/@comment-17114085-20131230183800

Zip you forget....Ulfric hates all the elven races, especially the Altmer, who are the polar opposite to the Nords. That is why he makes the Altmer live in the Slums and......wait no he doesn't. The Altmer citizens in Windhelm all own successful businesses and suffer no racism. SAVW I'm sorry but you are just being completely biased.

The Dunmer in ESO have an uneasy alliance with the Nords because literately before creating the Ebonheart Pact they were at war with the Nords. In Skyrim the Dunmer and the Nords haven't fought for over 800 years, and recently their relations are good. Where does the Second Councilor of Raven Rock talk badly about the Nords. Last I checked Raven Rock depended on the trade route that they have with Windhelm to survive, because after the ebony mines dried up Morrowind stopped caring about them.

Ulfric has already sent word to High Rock that he wants an Alliance with them. He would except trade. Again its soooooo much cheaper to bring goods from Solitude than to have to bring them from Anvil, its pure logic. Business love cutting costs, they aren't going to spend the extra money just to satisfy the Emperor.

Stormcloak occupation isn't rainbows and butterflies, I know that, I'm sure Zipper knows this. A stormcloak Skyrim will have its fair share of problems, its economy isn't one of those problems. Stop making it seem like a Stormcloak Skyrim means the end of Skyrim. Skyrim has survived since the Merethic Era, and survived much worse than this Civil War. The Nords are a hardy people they will endure.