That's a load. Vanilla WoW had no benefit to PvP, until they implemented battlefields. Before that, it was just Tauren Hill. Once they did implement battlefields and rewards, many complained about the system implemented. Eventually, Blizzard "dumbed" it down for the rest of the players.
Quite simply, show a screen shot of server statuses at prime time, with a time stamp, unaltered. People don't have the actual stats, so to say they are heavy or light, is pure BS.
Then you failed math, as you're basing server pop on people in one area. In addition, you don't account for variables, total server sample size, and other statistical analysis, that is required to show a proper result.
My only gripe with the Republic side, the story lines are too...what's the word? Cheesy I guess. They seem a bit too self righteous and a bit too, "Don't worry ma'am! I'll save your cat from that tree!"