As Shelco said, the first one is not applicable.
First you don't have enough players to enforce that, also as Shelco said, way to much players in both opposing factions. Also it could lead to unbalance, in a game that fights depend on people being fair, imagine 2 opposing official factions with different numbers, you would be limiting the players, as it is it permits to people to switch sides to balance and everyone have fun
As for the second idea, I personally never like the idea of the Indies having the same "perks" as the official. If something is started by an official faction RP, it should be only for the official faction.
