Well, i am still not sure why perfectly fine indy factions with cool people and cool rp should be carted into official factions^^
I mean, they perfom just fine, add diversity don't cause trouble with anyone(ok, not all of them but you know )
As long as there is nothing at least tiny weeny bit worhtwhile for official factions they are the same as an unofficial one + the funny tracker.
So everyone is free to pick exactly his ideal faction from all available or make his own - and with probably 5 times more indy factions it is pure statistic that a player will find "his" faction to be an indy one.
Basically the question is a, are official factions still needed as they are more or less equal to anyone else, so you could scrap the distinction official/unofficial or
b, should concepts be developed to make officaldom actually worth it