SUCH PRIMITIVE BEINGS YOU ALL ARE. THE QUALITY OF BEING A WHALE DOES NOT AFFECT YOU THAT MUCH AS BEING SOMEONE BELOW WHALE TIER. AS WE ALL KNOW, RUSSIA HAS BEEN IN THE EARTHLY WORLD FOR QUITE A FEW DECADES AND IS EXTREMELY HIGH IN FIREPOWER AND MANPOWER. HOWEVER, WE CAN SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT AS POWERFUL AS WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE. THE RESULTS OF THE INVASION OF UKRAINE WERE NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL. ALTHOUGH THEY TOOK CONTROL OF SOME LAND AND RESOURCES, THEY OVERALL LOST A LOT AND HAVE NOT GAINED ANYTHING MAJOR.
Ha, of course, we're not even talking about realistic qualities and are relying on the game's abilities to help win. To simply beat a whale would to be an All vs. One fight. Sometimes this doesn't work because the whale player nation is just too beyond your own league.
BUT OF THE COURSE... THE DARK MELDING...