it's actually the other way around, they decided that PDM was an alliance they should bully around because we're the right size and then they tried to clutch at straws to find a reason to start fluff with us for several rounds and the straw them ended up grabbing onto firmest was landtrading.

So that's the SoF strategy re: landtrading -> start issues with the alliance that does the 3rd most landtrading per capita while pacting the others! wear your hypocricy on your sleave and hope no one notices!