Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150928140042/@comment-26896471-20151005170024

WrathOfHircine wrote: Phantasys wrote: WrathOfHircine wrote: Skyrim does not have much sources of food unlike other provinces. Many farms around the cities produce enough food to EXPORT. They myth that Skyrim needs the empire for trade to survive is an outright LIE! The only things Cyrodil export are luxury items such as wine and higher quality clothes. Most farms produce foods only for themselves What evidence do you have for that? Nazeem's farm is profit making, Carlotta sells her surplus, the Battleborns are profit making. This is a trend through all of the Holds. If farms produce only for themselves, how does Skyrim eat? As it stands large sections of Skyrim's economy are being used to subsidise the rebuilding of Cyrodil (have you guys even read the last two threads?), and the Empire needs Skyrim too much to cease trading if Skyrim becomes independent.