Due to official topic was closed for discussion I'll say it here:
Because some members thinks IC is supreme power in Sirius, able to overthrow Houses by force of will, I prepared few points to discuss:
1) "As sign of solidarity with IC SynthFoods will cut off food supplies for Rheinland planets, you'll lose!"
Yeah, I'm already seeing it... Tell me, what Rheinland will do in this case? How many tanks, troops etc. have SynthFoods on Stuttgart, and how many RM? How many battleships on Stuttgart's orbit for controling traffic between planet and space?
"They'll bribe goverment!"
And for in comparition to Synth profits small bribes goverment will let their citizens to starve to death. Because, as we all know, revolutionary mood in Rheinland is quite low, and massive hunger won't higher it, isn't it?
"SynthFoods will abandon/be forced to abandon Stuttgart and what Rheinland will do? Buy food from Cambridge?"
Maybe. In such case temporary rationing food isn't excluded. Don't forget there's LWB with it main purpouse driving Synth out of Rheinland. They're former farmers with extendend knowledge about farming, they're practically self-sufficient in food prouction, thanks to biodomes in Dusseldorf, hydroponics on Darmstadt, Kaiserlautern...They're even selling food to Hessians. After hypothetical retreat Synth from Rheinland, goverment could semi-legalise LWB, like AFA in vanilla. It would be harsh try for LWB-Hessian alliance, but with main objective of LWB fullfilled... Farmers would recultivate Stuttgart and Nuremberg in traditional, healthy way. And in vanilla ALG secretly supports LWB, "every credit of profit from selling SynthFoods Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases for use on Stuttgart is going to LWB". They'll for sure lobby in goverment for LWB case. Hypothetically.
2) "IC will stop financing Rheinland lanes and gates maintentace costs!"
Rheinland already offered Ageira IC shipping laws and more, what will cause increased profits. Ageira like profits.
btw. in Sirius are also Junkers, Hackers and Gallia. They know something about lanes and gates too.
3) "IC stopped shipping in Rheinland, you're owned. Muahahahaha!"
For that Rheinland have mainly Repex, and also DHC, Kruger, ALG...
4) "IC will economicaly ruin Rheinland! Give us our cash back, whole cash now!"
There's already precedent in real world, Iceland 2008. But I'm not going to discuss RL politics here, I'm just saying there's precedent.
5) "What will RFP do now? Maybe they need advice from KSP? Muahahahaha!"
As others said, we'll do what must be done. Enforce the law. It's always muuuch better RP than having 20 Fleetadmirals on Hattan's orbit in one time, every onboard his own, private Dreadnought.
Any opinions are welcome.
Pavel
EDIT: Did you hear about any IC demands for losses caused by Kusari-Rheinland embargo in vanilla? No? IC only started to support Hessians and GC. But lanes were nationalised.