While I know you have your line you have to stick to, I don't think you understand how little Caustic influences NG decision making for a fairly lengthy time now.
I can say for sure you would be hard pressed to have such a collection of personalities held together elsewhere but to compare NG's government to a traditional government is kind of silly too, the alliances on the "hegemony" side have a whole lot less government and general membership discussion/interaction than NG would ever tolerate.
The only kool-aid NG is drinking is likely mixed with several types of alcohol on a movie night, you should join an alliance with more than a half dozen active people, it's pretty nice.