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The criteria is really just a way for countries to feel superior and to give politicians and political science students (yay me!) a way to say 's*** hole places to live' without being politically incorrect. Skyrim's not yet a failed state and had a certain group of people clad in blue not made things worse, it'd be in a much better state than it is currently. On the other hand, had a certain group of individuals clad in red respected Nordic Customs (Ulfric's challenge to Torygg) it would have also been a much better state. Had a certain Jarl not abused a power against the teachers of his mentors, we wouldn't have the red group hunting him like a vampire in vigilant country. I feel like Ulfric using the voice was a pretty clear indicator that Ulfric knew he wouldn't have won in fair combat.

Naturally you'd want to balance it out and they'd have a charge like weapons do. If there is a way to constantly drain the power while blocking that'd be great. Even maybe make the drain on it speed up the longer you use it.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem like anybody in the TES games ever clean up or rebuild after crap goes down! And while I didn't directly say it... Yes, the ones that demonstrate the strongest qualities of failed states are under Stormcloak control... Interesting. :whistling:

You are right, but most farms and mines are still functional. I imagine Skyrim could still support itself. And since they are from the Empire, and Skyrim is a part of the Empire this doesn't really count as foreign aid. It'd be like the US government sending supplies/money to one of the 50 states.

Khajiit in Soltiude. I see hawks and instant thought is to kill. I shoot them down and one come falling down right in front of a guy. They guy says "Be careful with that!" as a women walks by and simply says "Oh my" and keeps walking. I then take the corpses (There was 3 of them) and leave them in a nice pile in front of somebodies door (Like a true kitty would! Khajiit thinks they will like them, no?) I then hang around waiting for the people to come out, sure enough one of them does looks down and says "Who did this?" Absolutely brilliant.

Yeah, shameless self advertising isn't really looked down on, we just refer to it as shameless :tongue: As Janus said, I also really enjoy y'all. I can usually get a better feel for a mod I'm looking into as well as find out things that aren't mentioned on the mod page! Best of luck mate!

As sinnerman said, this is a PC community. We can't really help you fix console bugs or problems, and thread have been locked for this reason. So hopefully I can get this in before the lock! Seeing as how you're playing with a glitch, any number of reasons could answer your question, but the best answer is that it's a glitch, and glitches generally don't work or follow the same rules that 'normal' game play follows. Also, while we generally don't hate console users, we (or at least I) do get rather annoyed by console users coming here and asking for console fixes. We can't really help you, because the consoles don't let us use console commands, which are sometimes the only ways to fix certain bugs and problems. It's also insanely irritating to go out of our way to offer possible solution only to find out that the ones we spent our time researching and typing out for console users won't work because they are on console. I've also personally seemed to notice that console users seem to be a little less patient than PC users. (I'd like the state that this isn't a rule of thumb or a definitive law, just my experience.) PC users, again in my experience, seem to be a little older and insightful as well as understanding than the average console user I've run into. Again this is just my experience! Long story short, we don't hate you guys, we just can't always help you guys! Sorry and good luck! :thumbsup:

As stated by budcat, civil war 9 times out of ten can be considered a failed state. However I don't think Skyrim quite qualifies as one JUST yet. Just for some insight and validation of my points, I"m currently a political science student, so this is my area of expertise... So to speak... Now onto the fun stuff! While the Civil War happening is generally enough to cause a failed state, they are still functional. You have to really look at the government and what they are doing. The Jarl's don't demonstrate the properties of failed state leaders. While there is a significant difference in the wealth of the Jarls, there isn't a large enough gap to say it's a failed state. There are enough middle and upper class people throughout Skyrim to justify the claim that they are NOT a failed state. The government (Jarls and guards) are still doing their jobs and providing what is needed for their people to survive. Jarl Balgruf in Whiterun is a great example of this. He commonly talks about the safety of his people, and even show compassion for them. When you first come to him from Riverwood if you tell him who sent you, he knows who that person is, despite them not even being in his city. This does not demonstrate a quality of a failed state ruler. Usually rulers of failed states are out of touch with their people and their needs. Guards are also still doing their jobs. And (If you stay away from the Thieves Guild quests) are not commonly seen abusing the people of their city. Granted they aren't always the most polite people, but they will fight to protect the civilians and can be heard telling people to get to safety when a threat arises. This again would not be a trait of a failed state. Poverty exists in Skyrim, but it isn't rampant. There are beggars and poor farmers, but not enough to make entire cities feel like slums. Riften and Windlhelm however do seem to have a higher than average poverty rate (In comparison to other cities). This somewhat illustrates a failed state. The guard in Riften are 'corrupt' as well, by example of the guard at the gate who was instructed to collect a (non-existant) visitor's tax from people who looked wealthy (Merchants rather, as said by Brynjolf). Windhelm is also divided into the Gray and Stone Quarters, there is also the fact that the Argonians are not allowed to even live inside the city walls, and are forced to stay at the docks. While this isn't exactly the same as a failed state, it does show that there is a violation of human rights, as well as a deterioration of public service. You can further see the deterioration when you do the Blood on the Ice quest and the guard says they simply don't have the man power or time needed to look into a very serious problem for their people. Also, you can listen to Ulfric in the Palace of Kings, who seems solely focused on the war, while there is a murderer in his town as well as massive segregation. These are arguably traits of a failed state. Skyrim does have a large number of refugees, but I think you misunderstood the definition of that point. While we cannot see other states of Tamriel, we cannot know for sure how many people have fled Skyrim. It is hinted at that many have left, however it's also worth noting that there is a large number of merchants and families coming to Skyrim because of the war. The exact numbers are hard to know, but the feel seems to be that there is a pretty even amount going in and out of Skyrim. Add the trade boats coming in and out of Solitude and Riften, and you can see there is a fairly nice amount of traffic in Skyrim. This does not demonstrate a failed state. As far as urban development goes, there seems to be a pretty well spread distribution of this. I didn't feel like a large portion of Skyrims wealth was all in one area. There does seem to be a higher amount of wealth toward Solitude and the North West parts of Skyrim however. This is however arguably because of Markarth and the Blue Palace. Because the city of Markarth was already 'built' for the most part, not as much money was needed to develop the area. Solitude also housed the High King, and with taxes all coming to Solitdue in that time, this is somewhat understandable. Additionally the trade capital of Skyrim (Whiterun) is in the smack center of Skyrim. This to me seems to be a pretty fair balance of wealth, considering that Windhelm and Riften also seem to have a large amount of business. The Chronic Human Flight condition is also almost negligible. While it is true that the magics are generally frowned upon in Skyrim this is mostly because of the Nord's dislike of it. They value honorable combat above magic. They also fear magic to an extent, due largely because of their suspicions of the College having something to do with Winterhold collapsing into the sea. While the Thalmor do pose a threat to Skyrim this does not demonstrate a failed state necessarily. There is abolition of one of their deities as well as some control over their beliefs and history, the Empire has managed to keep the threat they pose to Skyrim at a minimal level. This can be seen as outside intervention, however Skyrim is a province of the Empire. The Thamlor do not qualify as outside intervention in the sense meant when dealing with failed states. These beliefs were lost due to a treaty with the Empire. Outside intervention that would indicate a failed state would be more along the lines of the Aldmeri Dominion sending food supplies to Skyrim. Since most of Skyrim infrastructure is still working, they can still supply themselves with food. This again does not demonstrate a failed state. Ultimately Skyrim is at best a failing state. When you first begin a new game, they are not a failed state. But they are beginning to show signs that they could become a failed state. Should entire farms be burnt down, certain cities leveled or destroyed, and Jarl's beginning to not care about their people as well as the College relocating, we could then consider Skyrim a failed state.

Screenshots are now working. Operation "Take a Picture of the Pile of Hawks I've Left Outside this Guys Door" is now underway

How do? I must be some kind of stupid, cuz I can't for the life of me find where I change the bloody title.

This. ^ So much this. ^ It was a sad lovely day in my life when I realized I had to was privileged use this confounded piece of irritating bulls*** lovely program to wait for updates and game/save breaking crap for enjoy almost every game in my foreseeable future

Well you were sharing your thoughts so we shared ours mate, just friendly chat about the topic. I personally was trying to share how I felt about the points you brought up and maybe show you why such things weren't included. :thumbsup:

I'm offline too, but Rabbit seems to have some vital information here... What category should I put this field under in my ini? Or do the ini categories (Launch, Display, I've got one for grass, etc they're all in supper [Cool] brackets) even matter? Are they just a way to organize it to be user friendly?

How did you do this? I'm so used the using the print screen key and checking the games folder from almost every other game I've ever played. I don't know why Steam seems to make things so counter intuitive for me =/ And I think I've found the folder sinnerman mentioned, however it's empty as a result of me not knowing the F12 key did screen shots... :wallbash: If this doesn't work for you you might have to edit your "My Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Skyrim.ini". Find bAllowScreenshot=1 and make sure it's set to 1. Rabbit My ini doens't even have that field o.O and I've got a screen shot index thing that's set to 2...? I'm so confused right now

It is true. On Master difficulty you only do half damage while taking double. Add this factor to any difficulty mods, ones for instance that give them higher weapon skills than vanilla does and gives them upgraded weapons or higher tier ones than you can craft, and suddenly you're taking a lot of one shot kills. I think however they can only get kill cams on power attacks, which ALSO do extra damage.