[quote name='Methrage' date='14 June 2010 - 12:31 PM' timestamp='1276511451' post='2337073']
They don't, even if through their treaties they are de facto one big alliance of nations. Its the illusion of it consisting of many sovereign alliances making their own decisions that motivates enough leaders to put the work into maintaining such a large networks of allied blocs and alliances tied together, ready to attack those who pose a threat any of them as long as they do as told. If they didn't have so many individual alliances each with their own outside treaties they wouldn't be nearly as connected.
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If this were true, you could say the same for every official and unofficial bloc there is/was or any group of alliances that have mutual allies.
As for the treaty - congratz, I guess.