seats of government
Where leaders govern
Seats of government are the locations—usually capital cities—where a nation's or state's official governing institutions are based.
The phrase emphasizes the physical place where power resides: Washington, D.C. is the seat of government for the United States.
Some countries split functions, with the seat of government in one city and the capital or judicial center in another.
- capitolState legislative building
- corridors of powerCenters of political influence
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- statehouseLegislature's headquarters
halls of power · parliament · national · senate · capital city · state capital · nerve center · command center · power center · epicenter · inner circle · legislative · city hall · town square · political · federal · control point · focal point
seats of governmenthinterlands
Remote inland areas
backwaters · outposts · flyover country · periphery · peripheries
seats of governmentvillages
Small rural settlements
hamlets · townships · unincorporated areas · satellite towns · suburbs
seats of governmentno man's land
Unowned space between enemies
wilderness · failed states · commercial centers · industrial zones · market towns
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