What Happened to our FC?

I started an FC that was just for me, my husband, & 4 of our friends. A couple of months ago, hubby & 2 of the friends got called up to be deployed (theyre in the army). So obviously they werent going to be playing for a while. Soon after, the rest of us decided to take a break too. I knew about leadership transfer but didnt care since we're all friends. However, when I logged back in for the 1st time yesterday the whole FC was GONE. Ive never seen anything that said if everyone was inactive the whole FC would be DELETED. Ive only read that 1: "If the leader is inactive for 35 days, they will be demoted, and leadership will be transfered to next highest ranking."2: "If all members of an FC DELETE their characters & there are no players left, that FC will be dissolved and all assets will be lost."But those rules dont explain what happened to us. None of us deleted our characters, only 3 of us suspended our accounts, the rest of us kept active. Shouldnt our FC still EXIST? What happened?

Just to clarify some points since I had to condense things in the first post. 6 members - 3 stopped paying for their subscription because they weren't going to be home, but did NOT delete their characters/accounts. The 3 other members did NOT stop paying for their subscriptions, but DID stop playing for a little while. Obviously, none of them deleted their characters/accounts, either. And to my knowledge, entire FC's do not get completely 100% dissolved unless 1: the leader kicks everyone out and dissolves it. 2. Everyone in the FC DELETES their character/account and there are no valid players left in the company in the game.