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Suggestions for other potential City-States that are successfully industrialised and independent
Points for creativity and unlikelihood
Ones that come to mind:
New York in a world with a collapsed United States.
A Post 1900 PoD admittedly but a continuing independent Danzig?
Any of the free Imperial Cities? Although I'd imagine coastal access might be important, otherwise they might become heavily reliant on their neighbours