Joining an alliance offers a couple of benefits’. 1. * The most important one is that it allows you to interact with the same group of people on a regular basis and makes the game more enjoyable. It also gives you a group who are willing to provide information and assistance. 2. * When selling goods you have the option of selling to your alliance. This restricts the sale to only your alliance mates. You receive an additional price increase over that paid by the other player equal to (Number of people in the Alliance -30)/10 = X%. 3. * These types of games tend to get some what cutthroat as time progresses and others have the option of raiding your cities. Alliances offer mutual protection and a deterrent effect to reduce the number of attacks. 4. * Once the Alliance has b