im surprised more names of alliances weren't added to this list.
and for my two cents. NPO and GATO, and several other alliances in this game, have been around for most of this games existance, and are still around today, so your statement of
may be somewhat inaccurate.
otherwise, on point, CN in 5 years, may have the same political structure as it does now, but i can assure you, that the way we conduct ourselves, and the way politics is played out will have changed greatly, since i joined this game(ooc. my nations before this one) i have seen the politics of this game change, although some of the major power in it have died, some have also remained as powerful and had great success. so its really up in the air i guess.