Nikita_2006 wrote:A strength of 30.000 ?
That could be much higher in 9 months I think

Maybe so, but I started with Lead and rubber as my native resources, so I had a very slow start.
What really helped my boost in strength however is when I got two +15% population events within a week of each other.
@P Gizzle. If you check on he left side of the screen, there's an option called "delete my nation". Your nation has to be 5 days old in order to use it though (I think).
@Baron - SM does rule. As for TRS, I can't say that I'm all that familiar with them. Are they a fairly new alliance?