i hate to say it but Haita is right. population wise we are/were about the same. the problem as has been mentioned in this thread is 3/4 of the Alliance would rather sit afk in IF or SW instead of engaging. it screws over the other 1/4 of the alliance because we just can’t compete with all the horde.
add to that all the multi-boxers now and it’s easy to see why the few alliance whom do venture out end up feeling cheated. but again it is our own faction screwing us over mostly.