Having no real attachment to something doesn't negate the odd position others are taking against me. I've been told "if you delete and recreate, we will find you and ZI that nation until deletion too!" in more colorful language of course.
The deletion is being purposed as a weapon to at least psychologically drive people away from the game, even if not entirely feasible. I could recreate my nation with a different name, color, alliance, etc. effectively going into "hiding" I suppose, but what is being represented to me is "We will make sure you never play Cybernations again!" (almost verbatim quote) no wonder the numbers are dwindling so and the top 5% score is skyrocketing.