The Capital of the World

[Al-Harakut al-Islami]

Hey there, y'all~

Simple question -- if the world was a single nation (heh), what city would you want to be its capital~?

My vote -- Istanbul. A place where East meets West, with Islamic-on-Christian-on-pagan histories. It's been ruled by Roman pagans, Byzantine Christians, and Turkish Muslims, and so has inherited more-or-less the culture of all three. And, Napoleon Bonaparte once said -- "If the Earth were a single state, Constantinople would be its capital."
Or maybe it's just my own personal biases that make me choose Istanbul.

My second choice would be Jerusalem -- holy to the majority of the world's population, and has been ruled by Jews, Christians, pagans, and Muslims.

So, what do you think~?

[The Murtunian Tribes]

I think Jerusalem has enough problems.

[Baltenstein]

New York is really the popcultural capital of the world.

[Kleomentia]

That be hard question. I think it should be between Istanbul,Rome or some other urban European cities.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

The capital of the world should be in a centralized location. Therefore, it should be at the Center of the Earth! You don't get any more centralized than that!

[Anitgrum]

The capital city should be built from scratch. Where to build such a city I have no idea.

[Greed and Death]

New York is really the popcultural capital of the world.

or LA

[Guernseyland]

London, definetly.

[United Dependencies]

I'm thinking Geneva. Switzerland didn't cultivate a history of neutrality for nothing.

[Condunum]

Who said there would only be one? I would think the De facto capital of tthe EU (can't remember the name) And New York.

[Call to power]

I believe intelligent life* already covered quite effectively that it is London by a whisker. I would agree with this albeit I rather dislike London in the same way all the world capitols are for casuals.

*fuck you its actually a really good Magazine

[Keronians]

Who said there would only be one? I would think the De facto capital of tthe EU (can't remember the name) And New York.

Brussels?

Too small.

Somewhere in western Europe, though, definitely. I'd say that Paris, Berlin and London are good candidates.

[Condunum]

Brussels, yes, that was it. I figure though, the prime factor would be it's political influence in our world today. So yes, London would be a prime candidate. Were brussels larger, it would have a much befter chance.

[Keronians]

Brussels, yes, that was it. I figure though, the prime factor would be it's political influence in our world today. So yes, London would be a prime candidate. Were brussels larger, it would have a much befter chance.

Berlin has a lot of influence.

[Andaluciae]

Why not Goa?

Generally, I'd say an oceanic port city. New York and Hong Kong for example.

[Keronians]

Why not Goa?

Generally, I'd say an oceanic port city. New York and Hong Kong for example.

Goa is a shithole. As much as we Indians try to make it out to be some sort of Indian paradise with Portuguese culture, it smells bad, the people there suck, and it's generally all sorts of levels of do not want to go.

[Polruan]

This is an amazingly stupid question

It has no possible answer because the world is BIG

[Georgizm]

I rather dislike London

I thought you were cool

[New England and The Maritimes]

It'd have to be reasonably multicultural, and a place whose influence and popularity are widely recognized. I'd say probably New York, London, Paris, Rome, or Berlin would be reasonable choices. LA somewhat understandable but behind it. Most Asian cities and the rest of the major European cities are too homogenous to be acceptable as capital material, I think.

[The Romulan Republic]

My choices are:

1. New York. Home to Wall Street and the UN. Very important international political and economic centre.

2. Somewhere in Switzerland- neutral country and all.

3. Tokyo. By virtue of having the highest population.

4. Toronto. Canada is well liked and a stable country, and Toronto is a diverse, multi-cultural city.

[The Warrior Hearted]

i say it should be some overly complicated and pristine boat island powered by antimatter (or whatever they have in the 5 million years itll take for this to be POSSIBLE).

That way it can travel around the world and be a difficult target to destroy as well as a welcome guest and vacation resort

[Polruan]

It'd have to be reasonably multicultural, and a place whose influence and popularity are widely recognized. I'd say probably New York, London, Paris, Rome, or Berlin would be reasonable choices. LA somewhat understandable but behind it. Most Asian cities and the rest of the major European cities are too homogenous to be acceptable as capital material, I think.

London isn't representative of the UK in demographic terms, really, but it's still the capital

Also - only third world backwaters "choose" their capitals in an act of fiat. We don't want to be a backwater, do we?

[Alyakia]

Who said there would only be one? I would think the De facto capital of tthe EU (can't remember the name) And New York.

Brussels?

Too small.

Somewhere in western Europe, though, definitely. I'd say that Paris, Berlin and London are good candidates.

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[Malgrave]

New York/London

[New England and The Maritimes]

It'd have to be reasonably multicultural, and a place whose influence and popularity are widely recognized. I'd say probably New York, London, Paris, Rome, or Berlin would be reasonable choices. LA somewhat understandable but behind it. Most Asian cities and the rest of the major European cities are too homogenous to be acceptable as capital material, I think.

London isn't representative of the UK in demographic terms, really, but it's still the capital

Also - only third world backwaters "choose" their capitals in an act of fiat. We don't want to be a backwater, do we?

There's no way for a "natural outgrowth" of any one nation to mandate the capital. It's impossible for one nation to conquer the planet, so it would have to be some sort of act of union under the UN, which would probably require a tiered vote on the capital city of the world.

London has significant minority populations from around the world, and also holds cultural sway in a large part of Earth.