i totally agree with the op here, basically within baout 5 minutes of joining i had been barraged with about 15 or so emails from different alliances, after goign through all of there forums and taking a look at the rules they all seemed exactly the same to me, pretty much all of them were wanting me to clear every trade, war (i can understand the war), aid & pretty much anything else that might affect another nation through them, in the edn i joined one due to real lack of options (the gpa) i pretty much resigend within 2 days, i had to clear any trade i wanted to do with anyone outside of the alliance on the forums before i could even offer it, same with aid, i even had to clear people who wanted to give me aid, apparently trading with anyone who was at war was illegal, even if they were on the same team, i just couldnot understand this, i mean i could see the use for the peopel higher up in the "dictatorship" that most alliances are, but i just couldnt see where there was any kind of efficency in having to clear every single trade/aid income of outgoing with them
wow, i havnt typed that much in ages, its probably going to be rather small on the page, but there