You picked a bad time to join CN, but here are my picks.
If you wish to be a mindless drone I would suggest you join any Continuum alliance. It does not matter which one, either you will be in the NPO, or in an alliance that has its lips firmly planted on the NPO's hindquarters.
If you wish for freedom and liberation join Vox Populi. I was a member and I was liberated from most of my infra and tech.
I was in EDEN last, even though they are a MCXA protectorate (a fair weather alliance to be sure) EDEN has a good core of people, and their leaders know how to grow a nation such as yourself, you may want to check them out.