I agree that the actual tc system sucks like hell.
But, at the other hand, it is really refreshing to see hawks, sarmartians, VSB, BBS, CS, SOT, children of atom, and word of a new order, all regularly own towns. (8 factions

) They all stand their chances agains't everyone else.
It's a great improvement, compared with last cession, when only 2 or 3 factions were struggling in the same time for world dominion.
Now there is diversity.
It's more that any faction could dream of...
Ultimately, we should keep that idea, for the next tc reworking.