Tiny Prussia
12-06-2004, 18:27
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know which currently existing alliance in Nationstates is the largest?
THE RONALD MCDONALD
12-06-2004, 18:47
the evil ADN unfortunately. CDI is in second.
Tiny Prussia
12-06-2004, 21:04
What do the ADN and CDI stand for? About how many nations are in them?
Serengarve
12-06-2004, 21:06
ADN-Alliance Defense Network. From my view, regarded as corrupt by pretty much everyone except themselves.
CDI-Counter Defense Initiative. I don't really know too much about them.
Don't know the numbers in each, but several hundred in both I believe.
Kandarin
12-06-2004, 23:05
Actually, the second-largest is the ALL, Allied Liberation League, another defender alliance allied with the ADN.
Its members include the Meritocracy (the only democratic group in the game), North America, Belgium, Holland, and several groups that overlap with ADN.
The CDI is composed of players who each want to take over the world by military force, and thus will eventually have to betray each other to try to achieve this goal, so they will never be able to work together as a state.
The CDI is composed of about a dozen raider groups with 5-20 active members each (it varies, raider groups do not have long lifespans). I may be wrong, I haven't heard much from them recently.
The ADN, however, is a functional state, with a system of government similar to the US. (But not identical, as people keep telling me). Since it is devoted to defending other regions from invaders, there is no conflict of interest similar to that which invader alliances experience. I would love to hear further details from Serengarve as to who regards us as corrupt.
The ADN is composed of 31 widely varied regions, including major ones such as the North Pacific, the West Pacific, the Rejected Realms, Alcatraz, Nasicournia, the Allied States of EuroIslanders, and Equility, as well as minor ones such as Zombieland, The Province, Shadowland, and Greece.