Looking through kingdoms this seems the newest(even if not altogether new just not as wide spread in the past) fads:
Kingdoms boasting a seemingly stellar war record, if it wasn't for the terrible comparative stats....anything under 95% average opponent size doesn't make you a good warring kingdom. It shows you suck because you are so scared to fight an equal opponent that you run and hide in bottomfeed wars.
and from conversations with other players apparently after taxation peaked out the newest form outrageous demands is for players or leaders of opposing kingdoms to quit playing. It has happened in the past but it is getting way out of hand. There are a million things that come to mind preferable to diminishing the already shrinking number of players, avoiding or beating them would be the most obvious.
P.S. if you think this post is about you, it is not. You are not important enough to get your own thread. If it was about you I would just tell you. Trust me, I have no problem telling people exactly what I think. It's a general observation