Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-14359537-20130920141722

Just saying, the reason you said it's impossible for a continent to have less than 10000 people is because it is unprecedented in the real world. But in skyrim, which is the only elderscroll i play (unfortunately), the province is about the size of singapore, so if there aren't much more than half a dozen provinces, i thought that tamriel is really small, and for it to even be CALLED a continent, Nirn must be pretty small, too. So what I thought was, how was it possible that such a small continent could have so many people, if there are so few cities. Now that you say it, yes, I am mistaken.

Proof? I already mentioned that. Even with the main force defeated at the battle of the red ring, the Thalmor is still feared enough for Titus to sign WGC. Thats 1. 2, it took the combined forces of redguard, nord and Imperials to take the AD down in just a single battle. 3, they almost got cyrodiil. From here, we can guess the military capabilities of the Thalmor isn't as far behind as what Pink Slim and you are implying.