Stolt, i see your reasoning and i agree - but if you take things out of a black and white scheme, then you will have to wight the power (the actual inRP power) of the factions involved.
Of course Liberty and Bretonia will not reopen the front to Kusari for kneeling to the frenchies or trading with Rheinland( Bretonia is doing so as well). But what about big factions vs small ones...or small ones versus small ones?
let's see what we can dig up and how fast my patience runs out^^
Corsairs - Hogosha - Reavers
Corsairs - Hogosha - Mollys (no clue if up to date)
Hogosha- Corsairs - Junkers
Reavers - Hogosha - GMG
Gaians- Hogosha- Mollys
SCRA- Mollys-Gallia
Gaians-SCRA-Mollys
SCRA-Mollys/Hessians- LR/Hackers
Tired now, but i think you can get my drift even if i focused on the sairs&friends cloud. Maybe a line diagram would be the best way to show borked up relations....which would be very easy to clean up, too...
(also it shows that most factions are too lazy to keep an updated faction status )