User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-5.15.64.89-20140104163145/@comment-5.15.82.46-20140105144620

Well,good sir.Thank you for your feedback,which brought up some very good points that I missed.

Unfortunately,I'm going to have to refute some of your claims.

1.This is more a correction,but anyway.I did indeed say that Morrowind has great chance of joining an Independent Skyrim,especially because of the giving of Solstheim.Just wanted to point that out.

2.Indeed,High Rock could easily join the new alliance formed by Skyrim,Hammerfell and Morrowind.But let's keep in mind that a new war between the Dominion and the Empire will start very soon after the end of the Civil War.Strategically,the best course of action for the Dominion would be to wipe out the dying Empire,which implies the conquest of both High Rock and Cyrodiil.This leaves High Rock with very little time to enter an alliance with Skyrim.

3.As you said,Skyrim will probably rebuild itself under Ulfric's guidance.But rebuilding takes time,much time I dare say.Time that Skyrim doesn't really have because of the looming war.They could indeed rebuild some of their strenght,but the Dominion has had 25 years to do that.Skyrim,at its best, has 2-3 years.

4.I firmly believe Cyrodiil would stop trade.Indeed,Skyrim provides many resources to them,but you can't trade with your enemy now,do you?Oh,and as of the visit of the Emperor,we can't really take that as good proof,since it's based mostly on your actions as an agent of the Dark Brotherhood.Lastly,the East Empire Company is based mostly in Solitude,where their biggest deposit and port stands.The Windhelm base of operations is more of an extension of that,since it's only beginning to establish itself(by the time you start the quest,that is.)

On the issues of Morrowind and Hammerfell not being as weak as I believed,I do agree.Although vulcanic eruption are rather destructive events,25 years are more than enough to rebuild.And Hammerfell has had plenty of time to ready itself in the last 2 decades,although they still seem to have some internal problems,as illustrated by "In My Time Of Need".

I do look forward to your blog about this issue,Stuhn.Good day to you.