Or maybe the ruling class tolerates allyism to pit gentry against one another (allyism vs radical isolationism), and also commoners against undesirable gentry, to secure its own power? (as high-middle interaction) https://samoburja.com/empire-theory-part-i-competitive-landscape/
Maybe allyism against its founding mythos of the nation, is itself a representation of loyalty? https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/08/secret-of-anti-americanism/
Or maybe the ruling class tolerates allyism to pit gentry against one another (allyism vs radical isolationism), and also commoners against undesirable gentry, to secure its own power? (as high-middle interaction) https://samoburja.com/empire-theory-part-i-competitive-landscape/