OwO is a very strong alliance that strangled other alliances in the state and had to recruit other very strong alliances to maintain the strength of 1489 after they drove off multiple alliances. There are many lovely people in OwO but they also regularly broke NAP rules and threatened to zero an entire alliance for a single member outspending their whales in King of Icefield. I am generally wary of ethno-alliances because I think that they view outsiders as always being the enemy instead of potential partners. Perhaps things have changed, but it seems unlikely given their president’s recent refusals to activate buffs for states they have beat in SvS. World chat is generally non toxic but the state culture is toxic unless you are in OwO, SAN or SIA.