You are correct it use to be a flag and a mask to the sanctioned alliances now there is no mask and how many alliances that are not sanctioned still have a flag in the data base.
For GATO they should remain on the list as long as there are still sanctioned, in the future if they drop below the drop line and loose their sanction(no longer in bold) then they should be dropped from the list.
Today our number is up due to increased military spending so we are the biggest gainers but tomorrow(Saturday) look for us to be one of the biggest losers after we had several large nations pack their bags.
As per your instructions if a alliance drops below 10 they will be dropped will the Legion and TDO be removed from the list or due to unusual circumstances will those 2 be overlooked.
Every alliance will suffer the same loss, more or less. The top 12 will still be top 12 but the question is who will be the biggest loser and will anyone break even.
What we need is a merger to shake things up and make them more interesting how does the Democratic Order of Ragnarök sound or maybe the Invincible Legion
As someone said a few days a go we need a new list the race to make the race on that list we can put all alliances above 5.0 but below 10.0 and once they hit 10.0 they get moved up to the big list. I would do that but I''m sure someone else could do it better and faster.