I've said it before, I'll say it again.

This server directly encourages players to join alliances. If you aren't in one or are in one that is so small as to effectively not really be in one at all, then you really won't get anywhere.

It's a vicious cycle, because new players are encouraged to join alliances, which in turn farms untagged new players, which in turn either quit or joins an alliance, resulting in less and less untagged countries every reset, and the remaining untagged countries being farmed even harder.

This is a problem that can't really be solved, unless bot countries are added.