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What possible penalty could one city impose on another?

Revival of medieval city-state wars!

Imagine a future where cities go to war with each other to win the favor of massive corporations.

Its lit!

More relevant to the topic under discussion would be a future where cities go to war to keep each other from winning the favor of massive corporations.

Any sort of collusion agreement can have a penalty clause, so presumably punitive damages.

And damages to reputation are also possible.

The only problem is they have nothing to say to each other.

The idea of a "collective bargain" in a "winner takes all" situation doesn't make sense.

Punish how?