[quote name='Banksy' date='26 June 2010 - 05:22 PM' timestamp='1277590961' post='2351288']
You wont last long without an alliance. You appear to be old, so you would know that they have guides, help put together trades and protect you. The second you get large enough as an unaligned, a tech raider will attack you. Join an alliance, and this wont happen.
There is no point in getting a good trade circle if you're just going to get destroyed as soon as your nation gets big.
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Pretty much that, joining an alliance is a great idea and you probably won't get very big at all without one. But, some alliances protect their tech sellers. If you really don't want to join alliance selling tech to an alliance that will protect you is a decent route to take. Still, you aren't nearly as likely to grow well as you would with an alliance.