There also seems to be a weird love affair with new "Clan-IS" hybrid nations. Still wondering how the Raven Alliance makes any sense. The Ravens help ONE planet and they decide to hand the reins over to them and change their name? I mean, the Taurians have the "hippity hoppity get off my property" reputation, but the Outworlds Alliance had it even more, going so far as to shoot any dropships before they had a chance to breach the upper atmosphere.
Stranger still is how, despite places like the Raven Alliance and Scorpion Empire having fans despite there being so little about them, those fans seem to hype them up as flawless societies that are the perfect unions.
I wish the writers were brave enough to write places like those descending into Space Afghanistans, but with the current crop, I sincerely doubt that.