It's the difference between having a gang with no guns in town and five gangs with lots of guns. The more guns, the more potential for trouble. So M is for militarism. A is for the alliance system. And what that meant is pretty much that alliance means when you hook up with somebody, like your friends. So alliance system meant that everybody in Europe was pretty much aligned with another country. It's like you have gangs, and that's the whole idea.