Well then, after talking to enough people, I'm pretty sure I can retcon my visit here. Unwelcome doesn't do it justice. You can rest assured I won't be coming back.
I went to FARK in hopes of having a nice community to join and basically idle my nation in. Despite asking, then begging, numerous times on IRC and PM to gov officials, no one gave me the entrance exam. After eight people who joined after me got accepted in FARK ranks, I was at the end of my patience. I was approached by Ronin because of my military experience and availability to join them, and since FARK screwed me over, I left. I've been told all gov officials responsible for losing my nation were fired that day.
Ronin is a nice place, very active alliance for the size, and I'm still very much retired. Wars are not on the horizon and I'm doing my best to help them whereever they need it when I can. Guides, theory, OWF, etc. But I'm still totally swamped by RL, and they know that.
If you guys take that as some form of betrayal, then I'm sorry but you need to recheck your stories. I'm not owned by RIA, and I left on my own terms, helped see to my successor being prepared and trained and left with plenty of warning. But I did not think I needed to send a letter and flowers if I ever got into a micro alliance's government position.
Oh well.