The game is basically dead. States are run by the top 5 alliances. Alliances struggle to find active players and i mean STRUGGLE. Upside to that is if you download and youre active you can join a top 5 alliance easy. They go by whats called NAP rules which means Non-aggression pact. So if youre in a top 20 alliance you wont get attacked. But if you attack anyone whos in a top 20 or higher you will get punished by the top players and they will zero you out of all your resources and troops.