Its pretty much been proven that in order to be successful in Kings of Chaos you will need the support and link clicks of an alliance to back you up; Alliances are useful for a number of things; some alliances are for building an online society of friends, some are for waging war on your enemies, others are for clicking links, etc...  A great way to find an alliance is going to google and searching key words (Kings of chaos alliances). It is the second link on the page, there you will find the top rated alliances.