When I played Oblivion, I ran several mods that added an in-depth amount of changes to the game world economy. I had ones where you could own and run your own mines, open your own shop, have a working farm, even invest in a stock exchange.

I liked to play a relatively non-combative merchant character who was more focused on building an economic empire than becoming some great hero. It completely changed the game. Instead of fighting I would hire guards (NPC Companion Mods) that would protect me as I went town to town, and I even had economy overhaul mods that balanced out the price of things (no more 1 septim for Venison).

Well I now want to take my trading prowess up north and try this unique way of playing in Skyrim, so I'm asking for some help and suggestions for mods I can use? I'm looking for mods that do any of the following:

-Add new non-combat money-making opportunities (running a shop, a mine, a brewery, any kind of business or even side-job things similar to woodcutting)

-Add hirelings (I like companion mods but without the bribe option from Oblivion it doesn't feel like I'm "hiring" them), basically fighters to do the heavy lifting for me.

-Rebalance economy gameplay, Skyrim has a much better economy than Oblivion did but still I'm sure some overhauls could be useful.

-Expanded recipes for existing crafting, more blacksmithing recipes, more alchemy, just more everything, if it's something extra I can build then that's a plus

-Possibly an alternate start, I'm generally wary of how these can impact the game but if it's well designed... I still want dragons in the game and to have all the same events occuring but a non-combat start would allow me to jump right into my roleplay instead of suspending it.

-More things to buy: Anything from houses, shops, ships, horses, furniture, etc. I need some cool things to aim for when it comes to purchasing. This also includes more shops and/or wandering merchants.

-Immersion mods, nothing too heavy but adding a little bit more realism like having to eat and sleep and whatnot would be nice.

The biggest requirement for all of these though is they HAVE to be relatively lore-friendly, while yes I'm breaking the story by not owning up to being Dragonborn, I still like the world to feel like everything belongs in Elder Scrolls, so no lightsabers, Legend of Zelda props, or Hogwarts Schools please.

I currently own all DLC, and below is a list of some of the mods I already use:

Simple Marriage Mod

Acquisitive Soul Gems

Bathing Beauties Luxury Suite

Better Sorting

Buyable Paintings and Pictures

Categorized Favorites Menu

ClamsDropPearls

Convenient Horses

Deadly Dragons

DFB - Random Encounters

Dovahkiin Hideout

Faster Mining

Hearthfire is a part of Skyrim

Homestead - Make Anywhere a Player Home

Immersive Armors, Weapons, Content, and Patrols

Improved Container Names

More Village Animals

My Home is Your Home

Vilja in Skyrim

Peaceful Mudcrabs

Real Wildlife

Rich Merchants

SkyUI

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul

Unnoffical patches for Skyrim & DLCs

WARZONES - Civil Unrest

Wearing Faction armour causes aggression

Wet and Cold

I run other "graphical improvement mods" and minor tweaks but the ones above are the only ones that may cause conflicts.

Please help suggest anything you can! Thank you all!