Today, Jack Diorno brings you something new and exciting, the amazing survivalist alliance race, Karma war edition!
There is no dictionary meaning on what a survivalist alliance is, as a result it is regularly used by someone who intends it with a definition slightly askew to your own, entirely changing the context in which it was meant, so I will give you a run down on my own definition of a survivalist alliance and why these statistics are important.

A survivalist alliance, is an alliance that signs high level treaties with many other alliances, and when war is imminent, will selectively drop its allies to ensure that it remains on the winning side of the battle, minimizing damages but causing some allies to basically die alone. Some good examples are Echelon and MCXA, who just prior to the NoCB war, dropped all long standing treaties with NpO and BLEU, and sided with NPO and one vision, avoiding the NoCB war stomp themselves, but leaving NpO alone to defend itself.
Survivalist alliances are bad for two reasons, the first, they are cowards, and everyone hates cowards (hello Panfilo). The second, is that they add considerably to the stagnation of politics on Planet Bob, the long grip of control that the NPO held over the world, was only feasible because most sanctioned alliances desired protection rather than personal power. Alliances such as IRON and MHA, were juggernauts that did nothing except stand in the way of any kind of change happening in the world.

So here we have the amazing survivalist alliance race, listing the sanctioned alliances and how many of their allies they abandoned. Ranked exactly as described, any ties are then ranked by score. When the next global war happens, it will be updated with these same alliances and work the same way as the amazing sanction race, new sanctioned alliances will be added to the race after the next global war. I did research this as much as possible, feel free to let me know of any mistakes though.

Number of treaties cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked/not providing military assistance to partner

The Order of the Paradox --> 5
Mostly Harmless Alliance --> 4
ODN --> 4
Sparta --> 3
New Polar Order --> 2
FARK --> 2
FOK --> 2
Independant Republic of Orange Nations --> 1
New Pacific Order --> 0
Green Protection Agency --> 0
The Democratic Order --> 0
World Task Force --> 0


Total number of Allies not provided military assistance

The Order of the Paradox --> 7
Mostly Harmless Alliance --> 7
ODN --> 4
Sparta --> 3
New Polar Order --> 2
FARK --> 2
FOK --> 2
Independant Republic of Orange Nations --> 1
New Pacific Order --> 0
Green Protection Agency --> 0
The Democratic Order --> 0
World Task Force --> 0

Commentary:
TOP love their stats, and lucky for them they are at the top of this stats thread, amazingly they held two MDoAP’s (Citadel/Continuum) and an additional MDP with Old Guard and did not come to their defense. TOP also manages to tie with MHA for most allies denied military assistance, Khyber has publicly stated “It was not fun because we had to watch two allies of ours burn, IRON and OG”.
Also managing to deny military assistance to 7 alliances, MHA, comes in second place, notably not coming to the defense of the NPO regardless of an MDoAP which had a year long cancelation clause.
Rolling into third place, the ODN, equaling MHA for treaties cancelled/ignored, ODN has previously defended their actions, citing new administration was in the process of distancing ODN from the Hegemony, and the Karma war started before adequate time had been provided for them to fully define their foreign affairs, forcing them to drop to Hegemony or Karma.
In 4th place we have Sparta, who withdrew from continuum in a timely fashion, but held on to 3 individual treaties with one vision alliances until war broke out. New Polar Order places in 5th, suspending treaties with NPO and Valhalla during the Karma war, Fark is in 6th, with some very ordinary cancelations with NPO and NATO. FOK in 7th denied assistance to IRON and cancelled on TORN. IRON comes in 8th by joining the coalition of cowards cancelling on NPO in the first few days of war, only one treaty violation, but the most spectacular by a longshot.

Predictions:
The next global war is slated for sometime in the distant future, I predict TOP and MHA will remain the highest rated survivalist alliances, they have shown no remorse for their survivalist ideals, unless a war hits the Citadel directly I expect many cancelations and treaty voiding. Significant drops will come from ODN, who has mostly repositioned themselves with a single side of the treaty web, and vocally stated they are a reformed entity. A significant rise is foreseen for both IRON and FOK, IRON due to being part of the coalition of cowards. FOK, due to an incoherent FA direction, they hold treaties with alliances from Citadel, SuperFriends and C&G, as well as many independent alliances, it would be close to impossible for all these treaties to be upheld.


The Order of the Paradox

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
MDoAP with TPF, IRON, OG, NPO, MCXA, NATO, Valhalla - Continuum
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54723
Notified of cancellation on Apr 18 2009 – 2 days before Karma war starts with NPO’s DoW

MDoAP with Valhalla - The Crown of the North Compact
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54926
Notified of cancellation on Apr 22 2009 – 2 days after Karma war starts with NPO’s DoW

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MDoAP Old Guard – Citadel
No forum link Available

MDP with Old Guard – MDP (another separate treaty)
No forum link Available

MDoAP - MCXA
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=55476
Notified of cancellation on Apr 26 2009 – 6 days after Karma war starts with NPO’s DoW

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 5
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 7


Mostly Harmless Alliance

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
MDoAP with TPF, IRON, OG, NPO, MCXA, NATO, Valhalla - Continuum
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54712
Notified of cancellation on Apr 18 2009 – 2 days before Karma war starts with NPO’s DoW

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MDoAP – NPO
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54845

MDoAP – TORN*
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54845

MADP with NATO – Trident*

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 4
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 7


Orange Defense Network

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
Null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MDoAP with Legion*

MDoAP with GGA*

MDoAP with Invicta*

MDoAP with IRON*

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 4
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 4


Sparta

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MDP with NPO - Reddish/Pinkish Treaty
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54742
Notified of cancellation on Apr 21 2009 – 1 day after karma war starts with NPO’s DoW

MDP with MCXA*

MDoAP with IRON*

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 3
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 3


New Polar Order

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
Null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MDoAP with NPO
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54855

MDoAP with Valhalla*

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 2
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 2


FARK

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked

Treaty – MDoAP with NPO
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54843
Notified of cancellation on Apr 17 2009 – 3 days before Karma war starts with NPO’s DoW

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MADP with NATO – Trident*

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 3
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 7


FOK

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
MDP with TORN - I promise I will be gentle next time accords
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54666
Notified of cancellation on Apr 18 2009 – 2 days before Karma war starts with NPO’s DoW

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MDoAP with IRON*

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 2
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 2


Independant Republic of Orange Nations

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
Null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
MADP – NPO (later assistance provided)
http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=54884

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 1
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 1


New Pacific Order

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
Null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
Null

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 0
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 0


Green Protection Agency

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
Null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
Null

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 0
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 0


The Democratic Order

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
Null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
Null

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 0
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 0


World Task Force

Cancelled within 5 days of partner being attacked
Null

Treaty partner attacked, no assistance provided
Null

Total treaties cancelled/no assistance: 0
Total Allies not provided assistance/cancelled: 0

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*Treaty existed 1 day before Karma war started (according to treaty compendium), could not find evidence of cancelation anywhere prior.
Source: http://cybernations.wikia.com/index.php?ti...mp;oldid=199418
Cross checked with the OWF where possible.

EDIT 1 - massive mistake, FARK wasn't in continuum
EDIT 2 - typo in TOP section
EDIT 3 - E-lawyering for TOP
EDIT 4 - minor changes due to be moved to an IC section
EDIT 5 - E-lawyering for MHA

Go TOP!

Collectin them stats is what we do!

Additionally, to give Crymson's poignant response in regards to TOP's position in this race greater exposure, I've pasted it below. To be clear, anything after this line is Crymson's response.



As I was leader of TOP throughout the Karma War, I'm happy to address this; our common policy is to avoid engaging in discussion with those we feel are simply slandering us rather than attempting to encourage any legitimate discussion, but I'll provide information on the pertinent points of discussion for those who care to see fact-based claims rather than the blase conjecture provided by the OP.

Regarding Q: Discussions regarding our departure from Q had been underway for weeks before the Karma War. Departure from Q required 72 hours notice; our notice was posted before the issue between OV and TPF/NPO erupted, and it was related to our desire to pursue a different direction and not at all to any threat of war that we were seeking to avoid. Given that there was no threat at the time we served our notice of intent to withdraw, I find it hard to believe that any connection can be drawn. Feel free to contact our former allies in Q to confirm this. Beyond this, I suggest you check your math, as 72 hours previous to April 20th equals April 17th, not April 18th.

Regarding Old Guard: OG was in the war as a result of an MADP with the NPO and treaty obligations via the Continuum, as I recall. As such, activation of our MDP with that alliance was inapplicable; they were in the war as a result of other treaty obligations, and our treaty with Old Guard did not chain. This is the pertinent section of the treaty:


Further, Old Guard did even not at any point attempt to activate said MDP, thus making your point utterly wrong.

Regarding Valhalla: As with the Mobius Accords (Q), discussions within TOP on cancellation of this treaty had begun well before the Karma War erupted, as our relations with Valhalla were sparse and there was a general feeling that we shared nothing in common with them so far as goals and priorities were concerned. Valhalla agreed to waive the seven-day cancellation clause on the treaty. Further, this MDP could only have been activated on the basis of chaining, and---you'll notice that this is a common theme in our treaties---a no-chaining clause was present in the treaty text. It is as follows:


Given that any obligation to enter the conflict on Valhalla's behalf could virtually only have been a result of chaining, I'd call rather silly any implication that we canceled this MDP in order to avoid having to avoid war based on treaty obligations.

Regarding MCXA: I'll here mostly be repeating my paragraphs concerning our MDP with Valhalla, as the situations were virtually identical: as with the Mobius Accords (Q), discussions within TOP on cancellation of this treaty had begun well before the Karma War erupted, as our relations with MCXA were sparse and there was a general feeling that we shared nothing in common with them so far as goals and priorities were concerned; it is worth mention that this was in part due to the exodus of members from MCXA to what would become TSO, as amongst this group was virtually everyone with whom we had ever worked in diplomacy with MCXA. Further, this MDP could only have been activated on the basis of chaining, and---you'll notice that this is a common theme in our treaties---a no-chaining clause was present in the treaty text. It is as follows:


As with Valhalla, given that any obligation to enter the conflict on MCXA behalf could virtually only have been a result of chaining, I'd call rather silly any implication that we canceled this MDP in order to avoid having to avoid war based on treaty obligations.

To summarize: I believe the evidence presented above proves that there was no violation of any of the treaties listed above, and that nor did we cancel any of them in order to avoid war. The sad reality is that you---likely knowingly---created this thread with absolutely nothing on which to base your claims besides superficial information, and with an apparent utter lack of effort to gather any information on the topic. I can only assume that this was a deliberate, utterly conjecture-based attempt to sully our name. If you're really interested in putting forth valid points, rather than simple assumptive insults, best try to do your research before your next attempt.

o7 TOP

chalk up another win for the stat collector alliance!

Hell yes for NPO!

This will be fun.

Just proving that CN needs to band together and take out TOP/MHA instead of worrying about purplol or lolpink.

Jack my friend, Fark was never part of Q. they just had that MDoaP with Pacifica. there WAS a PIAT with TPF that was cancelled..uh..few months before the war. i forget when

Epic thread is epic.

o/ TOP

Another stat for the basket.

This topic is delicious

should skip the neutrals and get the next two people very good jack though

eternal mdp's and infra>friends ftw lol

Highly amusing.

Yeah they're not even really alliances. More like... speed bumps.

I think I speak for everyone when I say we're not "worried" about either of you.

COngrats to all the winners

also the NSO demands reparations for copyright infringement on our flag; but otherwise quality thread, would read again

good stuff jack, an interesting read for sure.

You used our flag?

I must be missing something here, but Fark only ever had an MDoAP with NPO before the Karma War, and it was already very clear before that which side we were on.

Noted, I know FARK wasn't in continuum, an error while formatting it for posting unfortunately. Apologies go out to FARK, and corrections have been made.

indeed

also i forgot to say this really isn't new but i like how we can see how many each person canceled/skipped out on in one spot. also i just noticed our flag

Does TOP even care who they sign treaties with or do they just collect and discard them at will?

Very interesting , for NpO the treaty with valhalla was canceled on May 29, 2009 and the cancellation was done in private with no public announcement.

Thanks

You obviously put time and effort into it. Congrats for whatever you were trying to accopmlish

epic thread

Then you'd get to fight us Gremlins

Uhm, yay for NPO?

I just wanted my own stats thread, everyone else is making them. Survivalist alliances are something I hate, so here we are.

Ah, the world in black and white...

Thank you Jack for this unique look at Planet Bob and giving the community more stats to vie for.

I'm not sure that'd be wise. I heard they're planning to betray you.

Should be made a sticky in my opinion.

Might want to put that one back in the calculator

That's just TOP. not our Harmlin friends. And besides, we are planning on betraying TOP before they can betray us.

Noted and updated, cheerio

what are you waiting for? That protectorate with NSO? haha

Well I consider you and MK "survivalist alliances" not in the meaning of what your meaning is

I'm trying to upgrade it to an MDP, but you guys wont reply. An MDP is less information giving on my part, methinks

I'd get a refund on that calculator...

Cool Story.

If there is another mistake feel free to tell me instead of beating around the bush.

This is just for the Karma War so far?

It's the same mistake... it hasn't been fixed.

Does this not include the War of the Coalition? Because if memory serves correct NPO held an MDP or higher treaty with STA that was either canceled or not honored during that time.


Also, Jack Diorno, you're awesome for doing this. Although I agree that having TDO and GPA on here is a bit silly considering they don't even have any military-level treaties to cancel/not honor.

This is just for the Karma war, as it was the easiest to get statistics on.
When the next global war happens, all new sanctioned alliances are added, there is also a chance of neutrals becoming politically relevant so I added them in just in case.

This is the part I put in bold in my first quote. April 18 and April 22 cannot both be 2 days removed from the same day.

I thought our formal protectorate was meant to remain private because you guys don't like to be seen signing treaties in public. I always thought it was odd because I figure TOP is more likely to be attacked if people don't know you guys are protecting us.

could you just add TOOL & MK then just for now at least

Agreed. Everyone make good on their word!

Good basic summary of TOP foreign policy.