User blog comment:Harmonmj13/Why RP is Sh*t Currently/@comment-12161342-20160204202835/@comment-10905876-20160205154632

It is very true, once I had the AIF join the Coalition again, it took a lot of the fun out of the smaller AIF vs Germany conflict. Perhaps, to end the gridlock, all the major coalitions and alliances are dissolved. Nations could still help each other, but the intricate web of alliances would be gone, and nobody would be obligated to help if another nation got in a small war. I know that the AIF has a an intricate web of those alliances just to itself, due to trying to get protection in its early days.

So perhaps, in addition to my post war economic collapse, there is also a straining of foreign relations, likely caused by the economic collapse, and the intricate web of alliances crumbles. The general world attitude becomes, "every man for himself", and some nations simply can't afford to join a war effort on behalf of their allies. Wars would be small, and likely only between two or three nations at a time. To prevent this gridlock from forming again, maybe we ban, or at least discourage, forming more of these intricate alliances.

Thoughts on this?