Hey RIA. I first just want to say thanks for the acceptance of me into the alliance.  When I first started playing Cyber Nations back in December, I did a lot of research about alliances on the Cyber Nations forums.  I received many invitations starting out but none, surprisingly enough, from RIA.  I stopped playing for a long time and came back under my new name DWright2 exactly one month ago today.  I looked at charts and statistics of many alliances before coming to a decision.  I decided to choose Gotham, as I understand a very good friend of yours.  I was trying to from my own alliance when three friends of mine turned away from the alliance we were building and decided to leave me.  I came back today to visit Gotham but then saw the notification about them merging into RIA.  I knew this might be eventually going to happen but didn't know when.  I decided that it was time for me to check out RIA for myself.  I checked with a couple of my friends who have been playing for a long time (one of them being the Head of Economics in MHA) and they all said the same thing.  RIA is a good alliance and would be one of the best choices to join.  I took the liberty to apply and was then accepted.  And that's my story of how I got here.
P.S. I haven't signed up yet but I am a tech seller of anyone wants a tech deal.