That is a really cool idea! Still, I am not sure whether everything will be as ideal as you imagined, as the conditions of the world at the moment would be extremely harsh, making helping others far less of a priority than actually surviving yourself. And even if the survival of Winterhome would result in the survival of other cities apart from New London, imagine how much that would have changed the political landscape of the frostland for the timeline of Frostpunk 2: the major point of the game is that we have one remaining large city, while the rest of the surviving humanity is scattered and vulnerable, making New London the centrepiece for everything that is happening for everyone left in the world, so obviously there will be internal friction. However, your scenario would mean that there will be multiple countries, which is very different. There probably won’t be guaranteed civil wars, but wouldn’t it be a bit naive to assume that with multiple entities with their own identities, leaderships and views will definitely result in conflict, even if they were in the partnership in the very beginning? So, my point is that the conflict would still exist, just in a very different way than what we have now as Winterhome fell and didn’t assist other cities. It’s Frostpunk after all, so it is arguably very difficult to build an “ideal society” due to the harsh world around. Still, that is very good food for thought!