Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-26103034-20150525210032/@comment-26103034-20160124174441

They are willing to accept a slight Alliance with you - they won't attack you and will send a few soldiers to you in wartime and you give them that stuff but don't want to be under direct rule of the Emperor.

The personal trainers help an awful lot, and people are far happier.

I'm assuming that every city in Skyrim was a mistake, since the accusation list goes up in every Imperial City. People are a little bit happier, but like in real life when newspapers publicise a crime, it still leaves a bad stain on them.