Got bored so I'm gonna just give my opinions on the top 12 alliances.
#1 No rules will stay there for now, good leadership good players will fail World Wonder stage cause in the long run will fail.
#2 Monster INC. A coalition of good alliances formed into a horrible one, these players are good especially those from Evolution they had potential but killed it by joining up with poor players from kitten smashers & UF. Overall will fail due to problems in leadership and horrible defense capabilities let's not forget though they do have a academy that replaces city losses with new recruit that they can use as fodder to protect themselves.
#3 Noble experiment the cool kids and my alliance so can't really give my opinion much, all I will say is rose up in the bp rankings and dominating our ocean.
#4 The 24th legion A good alliance, not doing anything bad, great geographic domination, in a good position to hit the weak Monster INC.
#5 Ile Basilisk Old NRII, they were bold enough to split but not strong enough to back that up, doing the opposite of spiral going down fast.
#6 Kingdom Eternal Looks very MRA ish, dominating their oceans so keep doing what you doing.
#7 Skulldruggery I had very high hopes for this alliance early game but it seems they aren't delivering, will most likely get beaten by NR.
#8 Rogue Shadow Doing okay, taking cities against them small alliances in their oceans so not to bad.
#9 Hyporborea If it is the same Hyporborea I played with in Byzantium I know they will be defensive and do a good job at being aggressive as well if not just another MRA in my book.
#10 ExecuTICKS Are in a great position to take easy Monster INC city so they have a great shot at a good growth.
#11 UltimateKittenEvolution Besides the stupid name that doesn't tell you all there is to know about this MRA. Have only made 10-15k ABP since the name change so overall..............WACK.
#12 The betrayed A sunken ship, no comment.