This is a defensive group of nations, particularly, ones who would like to be part of a potential aid community, but without actually being in an alliance and thus taking the risks of being drawn into (or starting) an alliance war. The intended operation of the network is as follows. First, a nation who has joined the network is called a Node. All nodes are independent, meaning, they are not actually obligated in to help eachother in wars or battles. What's the advantage? If an CNDA member is attacked unfairly and is overpowered then that nation/alliance node may call to other nodes for aid. The call for aid is a general request for aid: other nodes would respond at their discretion, giving resource/production/military aid or attacking the offenders directly if they wish, whatever they wis