User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-6044976-20131228125415/@comment-109.78.188.99-20131230171012

Firstly, that was 200 years ago. Mines don't replenish their ores in real life. Secondly, if Cyrodiil has such ample mines, why would it take Skyrim's mines in the first place? Would the good Empire not want to keep the benefits from the silver in the local economy? No, they are using Skyrim's resources to aid their recovery. Another good reason that Skyrim can do fine, no, better, without Cyrodiil's claws pulling it down.