Although personally, I've always been an absurdly committed player of Khajiit through the ES series, Imperials have always been my second favourite. I'm sure there's some for which Imperial has always been their first choice; are any of you lot annoyed at not having a faction to lead in the cause of peace, order and good government? Would any of you simply like to stroll about Cyrodil without the ever-present risk of being whacked on the head by elves, vikings and beast-folk?

I honestly have never played Imperials in the TES games. I never liked their racial bonuses. But then I always play magic based characters so that is probably why.

Considering that's explicitly not what Cyrodiils were doing circa mid-Second Era? No.