Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-27007772-20140611204941/@comment-9601450-20150409193003

Draevan13 wrote: Don't equate gameplay to lore. Just because there aren't an equal or close to equal number of Imperial and Nord Legionnaires doesn't mean the Nords majoritavely don't support them. Fun fact: in the Creation Kit, you find unused files that were supposed to make the Legionnaires equal parts Nord, Imperial, Breton and Redguard, but were cut from the final game and now only Imperial Legionnaires spawn. For example, there are no Breton Legionnaires in game, but that doesn't mean High Rock and the Bretons don't support the Empire. Just as there are no non-Nord Stormcloaks, but it doesn't mean only Nords support them.

Not to mention the Imperial Holds look and act pretty peaceful, if most of the population wanted to rise up against them it wouldn't be so calm. It could also be that the common folk don't give a toss about who rules over them, as long as they live in peace.

In short, don't equate Bethesda cutting stuff to lore :P Actually that just suggests the Breton legionarres are in Highrock. And since they did include Imperial aligned Nords in the game, (Imperial Hold guards) gameplay doesn't exactly conflict with lore in that point.