Well, what do you want the empire to be at right now, after what happened after Oblivions main quest?

I think I still want the Empire to controll other provinces. But is at chaos. This adds alot of options for political curroption.

OK, here is my vision of the Tamriel, 200 years after the Oblivion incident, (note that I have got some info from "The Infernal City" book):

The middle and southern parts of Morrowind isle are totally devastated, and the rest vastly shaken. Some parts have sunk under the sea and some other parts have arisen above the sea line, the volcano has erupted open and then again rose to make a tall volcanic mountain, and burned the land around. The remaining tribunal and ash-lander people have started to rebuild some villages and ports, in parts that can still be lived in, to continue with what has remained of life.

The landscape is a harsh volcanic scene, with jagged lines of the volcanic mountain that are drawn to the sea, and some remaining parts of the original land that still can support flora and life, and some people have started to make a life there.

As for the rest of the Tamriel, the invasion of daedra has devastated about half of the land, and they have scorched the landscape to make it like home, and started to build their own gigantic towers on the Tamriel surface, (except for Cyrodiil, because of the interference of our hero).

The entire empire has fallen into part anarchy and part feudalism. Some parts are at total mayhem, and other parts have retained a bit of order.

The remaining feudal, and more orderly parts might be ally, neutral or at war with other orderly governments, and there is a constant tension and under-current weaving underneath the surface of the land.

The daedra invaders have been gradually forced back to unreachable and outlandish parts of the land, and the scorched lands and the damaged or half-built towers that remained behind them are filled with outlaws and human/goblin war clans, and the reachable oblivion gates are destroyed, but there might still be some gates untouched in the outlandish areas.

There is a new cult who worship "Molag Bal" and have opened some gates to "Cold Harbor" in some deep caves and dungeons, and some new types of undead are pouring out from those gates.

The poor people have problems and conflicts with each other and have to fight daedra back to oblivion and yet they have to cope with those new types of undead which are starting to creep out of those caves and dungeons at night.

The economy at the still orderly parts of the land is at the pit bottom, and rust and dust is covering anything, and good loot is scarce, but if one finds some, then it is like treasure, and economy at the parts of the land that are going through anarchy is practically non-existent, and people have to fight over scraps, and some people gather around a leader to get some power over the surrounding area, and fights over loot or land are regular events.

The relatively untouched Cyrodiil is in fact touched by the global economy hit, and the invasion of anarchy provinces and daedra from its borders, but the core military oriented government has been able to retain more order than the rest of the continent, and is gradually turning into a military force which had made the empire in the first place, so it is sending envoys and outposts to other provinces to suggest Cyrodiil's support for them if they accept its leadership.

On the other hand their military forces are advancing through parts that are at total mayhem because of anarchy or daedra invasion, and it is gradually taking the invaded lands at some parts and expanding its borders at other parts, and some imperial keeps and citadels are appearing again at border-lands of other provinces filled with ready forces to attack anything hostile at sight.

And in these dark times, an unknown individual can start his/her carrier as a dastardly thief, a brave mercenary, a benevolent knight, a greedy merchant, a zealous adventurer, a bright eyed mage, or any other class of character, but it would be a quite a struggle to keep ones head above the surface of this ever raging sea of conflicts, and back-stabbing treachery.

OK, I voted for a crumbled empire, but I meant a crumbled empire that is starting to gain power again.

Going off of what's in the book, the Empire is basically looking like this:

-The Empire controls only Cyrodiil
-Summerset has conquered Valenwood to form the new Aldmeri Dominion
-The fall of the Ministry of Truth has driven the majority of the Dunmer to Solstheim
-Black Marsh has moved to take the southern reaches of Morrowind
-No news on the other provinces.

Hopefully they won't do anything lame like saying "Oh, yeah, that happened, but the Empire fixed itself by the time TESV rolls around".

This, basically, though I wouldn't mind if they also control officially control Skyrim, Highrock and maybe Hammerfell, with it actually being ruled by local kings and clans, all trying to get a mayor power at least in their region (a bit like in Daggerfall) with the Empire only having true control over Cyrodiil (but still have power in the other regions of the Empire because of their legions).

The Aldmeri Dominion should certainly stay, though a part of the Bosmer population would try to get Valenwood as an independent nation.

By the time of TES V the Dunmer might have taken back large parts of Morrowind but are now in a war with the Argonians to regain their lost southern territories.

Elsweyr has probably declared itself independent but with a reasonable Imperial military force present to prevent the Khajiit to conquer Leyawiin and south Cyrodiil.

So the Empire wouldn't have completely fallen apart but with whole Tamriel in chaos (with the Dunmer-Argonian War, and the unrest in the Dominion).

But we have to remember, this is what happened in Infernal City, wich is not Bethesdas work, so they might just continue the game after the events of Oblivion instead of the events of Infernal City (wich I hope for).

You know, at first, I was compeltely annoyed with the outcome of Infernal City. But, I think a new alliance between the Nords and Dunmer could go well. The Dunmer would rebuild thier civilisation, being a new "good" race, but, once they get power again, they would revert back to thier old ways, and causing political tensions and wars. Perhaps, they would bring some Nords with them to xenophobia?

Or, the Dunmer may end up desperatly trying to repopulate thier race, and end up with an enormous population, ending with them having a huge poitical force, and threatening a lot of the other provinces with it.

There's many new possibilities with the new Dunmer.

But we have already "saved" Vvardenfell in Morrowind, I do not want to focus on that province again, but rather have Bethesda set the game in a province we haven't been in before (Arena doesn't count)

But we have already "saved" Vvardenfell in Morrowind, I do not want to focus on that province again, but rather have Bethesda set the game in a province we haven't been in before (Arena doesn't count)

But we have to remember, this is what happened in Infernal City, wich is not Bethesdas work, so they might just continue the game after the events of Oblivion instead of the events of Infernal City (wich I hope for).

But we have to remember, this is what happened in Infernal City, wich is not Bethesdas work, so they might just continue the game after the events of Oblivion instead of the events of Infernal City (wich I hope for).