User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-1600847-20121031011532/@comment-5135631-20121031225108

Skyrim is a much harder land to fight in than Cyrodiil. It would be like if France invaded Germany, won there and attacked Russia. France would be bloodily repulsed. I know this means comparatively little in gameplay terms, but in the lore it may come into play.

Also, there a variety of reasons Ulfric &apos;segeregates&apos; the Dunmer, though they are too many to list, but none of them involve racism.

Victory is only possible when you don&apos;t make friends with the bully who&apos;s beating you. This is exactly what the Empire has done. How can they claim to represent Skyrim when they hang the people out to dry?