No one can be forced to accept harsh terms, but that doesn't make the victors, offering crappy terms to the defeated, to be justified in their actions.
These alliances should be required to pay back every cent of money and every bit of technology that they stole from everyone else. Nothing more, nothing less, then they should go free.
I remember a long time ago we were considering changing the name, but before it could even be put to vote the concept was shut down by popular demand from the community.