The Capital of the World

[Occupied Deutschland]

We should build the capital of the world...

on the Moon!

Seriously New York probably has the largest claim, though maybe The country of Switzerland itself (no objections right?) could serve.
Or perhaps just draw tickets from a hat with every country in the world written on them. The capital of the world goes to the country whose name gets pulled out.

[Santandar]

I would say, that it would have to be built from scratch so no one would fight about it. Probably in Europe though.

[Kaiserlichen Deutschland]

A man made floating island in the exact center of the Pacific ocean.

[EvilDarkMagicians]

London without a doubt.

[Soxastan]

All the interesting threads have Sibirsky on them. Anyway...

That's because they're interesting

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A man made floating island in the exact center of the Pacific ocean.

Nope. As I've said, not yet feasible.

We should build the capital of the world...

on the Moon!

Seriously New York probably has the largest claim, though maybe The country of Switzerland itself (no objections right?) could serve.
Or perhaps just draw tickets from a hat with every country in the world written on them. The capital of the world goes to the country whose name gets pulled out.

That sounds fair.

[Italiani a Roma]

Rome.

[GreaterPacificNations]

What an interesting Question, OP.

Lets see. Here are my options.
Australia would make a decent capital in the same way Belgium did for the EU. It wouldn't offend any runners up. It is a young country, multicultural, in a largely remote part of the world, but is nonetheless prosperous, free, and representative of all the ideals of globalised capitalism.
Australia would make a good capital for the new world- Probably Darwin, actually, even though it is a minor Australian city, it is right on the edge of Asia. Otherwise Sydney.

Otherwise, it is too hard to pick a historical capital that doesn't exclude massive chunks of history. London would be a decent pick, being the home of the global language- as well as holding a huge global empire at one point that touched most cultures.

You could refound Uruk in mesopotamia as the first known city and build an artificial capital there (modern day Iraq). Then it would be like Canberra in Australia- a horrible artificial hell hole conceived purely for the affairs of state and populated with an orwellian layering of pay-graded public servants. Yay.

So, out of Darwin/Sydney, London, and Uruk I lean towards Uruk. I like the idea of putting the world's politicians in an violent unstable desert hellhole.

[Threlizdun]

Sealand *nods*

[Sceral]

Sealand *nods*

^This

[Soxastan]

What an interesting Question, OP.

Lets see. Here are my options.
Australia would make a decent capital in the same way Belgium did for the EU. It wouldn't offend any runners up. It is a young country, multicultural, in a largely remote part of the world, but is nonetheless prosperous, free, and representative of all the ideals of globalised capitalism.
Australia would make a good capital for the new world- Probably Darwin, actually, even though it is a minor Australian city, it is right on the edge of Asia. Otherwise Sydney.

Otherwise, it is too hard to pick a historical capital that doesn't exclude massive chunks of history. London would be a decent pick, being the home of the global language- as well as holding a huge global empire at one point that touched most cultures.

You could refound Uruk in mesopotamia as the first known city and build an artificial capital there (modern day Iraq). Then it would be like Canberra in Australia- a horrible artificial hell hole conceived purely for the affairs of state and populated with an orwellian layering of pay-graded public servants. Yay.

So, out of Darwin/Sydney, London, and Uruk I lean towards Uruk. I like the idea of putting the world's politicians in an violent unstable desert hellhole.

That is a good idea, why don't we take all the politicians, and put them in the desert? Uruk and Sumer would be nice to see. The Cradle of Civilization is now back, to care for the new Civilization, one of peace and prosperity.

[The USOT]

Personally I beleive that middle Africa would be the most appropriate place for a world capital.

Not only does africa have great historic meaning to the human race (e.g. the place from whence we all came) but it is also as politically neutral as your going to get without building an island out to sea.

Africa is a continent so divided with so many ideologies that no 1 global alliance could claim advantage in a united capital.



Or at least that is m own oppinion..

[Al-Harakut al-Islami]

Sealand *nods*

^This

I disagree -- Ladonia~
Ladonia will go to war with Sealand for the honor.

[Soxastan]

Personally I beleive that middle Africa would be the most appropriate place for a world capital.

Not only does africa have great historic meaning to the human race (e.g. the place from whence we all came) but it is also as politically neutral as your going to get without building an island out to sea.

Africa is a continent so divided with so many ideologies that no 1 global alliance could claim advantage in a united capital.



Or at least that is m own opinion..

Technically, humans migrated from South Africa, so Cape Town or Johannesburg would be appropriate places.

But everybody knows that Zanzibar is where it's at.

[Fedeledland]

Rome or London.

Culturally, Florence or St.Petersburg.

[Great Nepal]

If world was one nation, I am pretty sure we could afford to build a gigantic space station... which could be the capital.

[Maurepas]

The only world governing body(as weak and inconsequential as it is) has its capital in New York.

[Great Nepal]

Good lord, people. Even Londoners hate London. Why would you make it the capital of the planet?

That...
It has the worst traffic in entire universe, bus drivers are mental, people park where they are supposed to be driving, and repairing a inch of road takes over 3 months, then in 1 month, they dig it and start all over again.

[Cameroi]

not a city, but mt carmel, world center of the baha'i faith, planetary federal district.

i don't know it that's still my personal feeling. there are a lot of other, what might be sensible candidates. but i don't think any existing city as such is a logical one.

wherever it ends up, it will most likely NOT be anywhere in the western hemisphere.
the only reason for locating it near the equator would be neutrality between the southern and northern hemispheres.

ha, i wouldn't mind seeing lhasa or kathmandu. someplace up in the hills.

but it needs to be ideologically neutral, as well as religiously and every other way, and its probably still in the future for any place to be so.
it's a bridge to be crossed when we come to it. but we do need to come to it at some point.

[Erarac]

New Mesopotamia anyone?

[Mikoyan-Guryevich]

Tokyo, because that way when people write the wikipedia article, they can have "Capital (and Largest City)" rather than having two lines listing two different cities.

Practicality

[California Bay Area]

It should be Jericho ( a city in palistine) it's the oldest city in the world.
I think where civilization began it should also be ruled there too.

[Timurid Empire]

They should build a new, mighty city in the Cradle of Civilization and the Human race.

[Zepplien]

Build a big bio dome in Antarctica, Keeps it neutral

[Great Nepal]

Build a big bio dome in Antarctica, Keeps it neutral

Its too far South to come for the Canadians.

[Zepplien]

Build a big bio dome in Antarctica, Keeps it neutral

Its too far South to come for the Canadians.

Oh poor Canadians never got the airplane