This alliance of the Acht Orte was not a homogeneous state but rather a conglomerate of eight independent cities and lands, held together not by one single pact but by a net of six different "eternal" pacts, none of which included all eight parties as signatories.
Esta alianza dos Acht Orte non constituía un estado homoxéneo, senón un conglomerado de oito cidades e territorios independentes, que se sostiñan non por un mesmo pacto, senón por unha rede de seis pactos "eternos" diferentes.