So because of various restrictions, both sides could only engage in wider cooperation through such market competition. There was no compulsion between them, only freedom. Partnerships could be formed voluntarily and it was fine not to collaborate.
On the other hand, this market pricing model was more compatible, meaning that if more civilizations joined the Alliance in the future, they could directly participate in the market as well.
The New Human High-level was contemplating, seizing various Alien Civilizations from the Virtual World and bringing them into the real world to form a more diverse Alliance. These Aliens plucked from the Virtual World would definitely become Affiliated Civilizations of the new humans, not independent like the Half-sphere Civilization.
These Alien groups taken from the Virtual World were penniless and lacked everything. Using "capital" to control an Affiliated Civilization was actually very straightforward.
