Yeah you are right, but to tell the truth I was playing for so long just making my nation happy, i wanted to see how high I could get, I didnt think of war at all. I joined the illuminati because i was getting requests to join an alliance every day, and they seemed to be the least threatening, so you see, its not that i was studying the game at all so i guess I do deserve all that i got, i have been attacked before and i simply surrendered, this time i didnt undertsand his surrender terms and couldnt do what he asked, my own bad luck i know. I never looked at the forum until i needed to know what ZI means lol. so now i suppose all i need to do is not build infrastructure then i will be safe?