There already was a war. The current system is the result of it balancing out after being thrown off by the Decepticon uprising.

[SIIIGH] It's a military rank, not the type of Prime you're thinking of. I don't have any of them under my command because I'm nearly at the top of the pyramid.

[he is literally the worst person to discuss this with fracas i'm so sorry] You're acting like all we do is dump our waste out on them, but like I said before - a huge part of the council as well as Alpha Trion himself is dedicated to making sure they're happy.

[except not entirely but what fracas doesn't know can't help his argument!]