I imagine a modern day Viceory would be Alliance Owner in-game and have some sort of adminship on the off site forums (instead of ownership). It'd be interesting if it came back but a pain to oversee from what I understand.
For what it's worth, I don't think he's trying to be that clever. His insults are thinly veiled at best.
Good luck Aftermath, I imagine you guys will need some.
I form my opinions based on what side of this war I think I'll be fighting in so good luck to the alliance on whatever "side i'm fighting on" and to the alliance on the "side i'm opposing": i want you to know that you're not only is your declaration invalid but that you are have a horrible CB/foresight/diplomatic skills/insert CN insult of choice.