People, can we save the who won what wars for any of the thousand threads dedicated to that.
Renegade, I am going to assume you are a new player and not an old character with a new name.
This is a nation simulator game, you are the nations leader and build your nation up. If you do not join an alliance you will almost ceetainly get attacked and even if you win the first time, raiders will keep coming.
On this board their is a sub forum called alliances, stiuckied on top of that there is a thread that has the home forums for pretty much all the alliances. You would go to their forum to apply for membership.
I can save you a trip for FAN, if you are under 18 in RL they will not accept you. As far as I know, they are the only alliance that has a rule like that.
They are on the yellow team, and you will most likely have to switch if accepted. Tghe stickied thread I mentioned has alliances seperated by colours.
Some alliances are more war like than others, you may want to take that into account.
Most people will tell you that their alliance is best, most people truly believe that is true.
Good luck in CN