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* Minas Tirith from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* The [[Star Trek Novel Verse]] has quite a few. Among the recurring locations are the following capital cities (with the planet they serve as capital for in brackets): Laibok and later Lor'vela (Andoria), Cardassia City (Cardassia), Ki Baratan/Dartha (Romulus), vosTraal (Mestiko), New Samarkand (Alpha Centauri), Ashalla (Bajor), Medara (Betazed), Leran Manev (Trill), Keelee-kee (Tezwa), Iaron (Damiano), Federation City (New Mirada), Shi'Kahr (Vulcan), hiLeyi'a (Pacifica).
** The capital of Romulus has two names; which one is used is based on era. In [[Star Trek: VulcansVulcan's Heart]], the capital was given the name Ki Baratan. It had previously been called Dartha, but that was a century prior. Later novels used the time gap for a reasonable [[Retcon]]: the capital's name changes as new regimes come to power. Now, books set in the 22nd or 23rd centuries use "Dartha", those set in the 24th use "Ki Baratan". The name change is explicitly mentioned in the first [[Star Trek: Titan]] novel.
** San Francisco seems to be capital of Earth, although Paris is the official capital of the Federation.
*** Both Starfleet Academy and Starfleet Headquarters are in San Francisco. Since most Trek characters are in Starfleet, it's only natural that many of the earthside references one encounters will be in that region.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* [[Dungeons and& Dragons]] has big hub cities crop up in campaign settings:
** ''[[Planescape]]'' has Sigil ("City of Doors")
** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has a choice of such places spread through various regions, mostly [[Merchant City|major trade centers]]. Neverwinter for North campaigns, Waterdeep (City of Splendors) for North and Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate and Athkatla (the capital of Amn and a [[Holy City]] of the goddess of trade) for southern Sword Coast, Scornubel the "Caravan City" in Western Heartlands, Westgate on the south-west of the Sea of Fallen Stars...
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* Every country in [[E Republik|eRepublik]] has a capital, certain actions can cause them to move, hence why the capital of the eUSA is Florida.
** Like, the state?
* Koorong in ''[[SagaSaGa Frontier]]'', the only city in the game from which you can travel to all of the others; the others only have a handful of destinations. Manhattan probably has more people, but you only have to visit there in a couple of the quests, and there aren't nearly as many buildings to go into.
* ''[[Freelancer]]'' has ''four'' Capital Cities, each one of the capital planet of the Houses: Manhattan, New London, New Tokyo and New Berlin. In terms of where the player can actually go, however, they have the same four locations as every other planet, station and outpost in the game: the Landing Pad, the Bar, the Ship Dealer, and the Trader.
* Varrock, Falador, and Ardougne in ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]''.
* Presumably to save on memory, ''[[Jade Empire]]'' only has one city and a few villages, and the city's not very big at all.
* In the ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' games, Toad Town, Rogueport, and Flipside serve as a combination of this, the [[First Town]], and the [[Hub Level]].
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* The huge, multi-layered Ceres City seems to take up nearly half the game in [[Alter AILA]] Genesis.
* [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place|Killingrad]] in ''[[Heavy Weapon]]'' is the capital city of [[The Empire|the Red Star forces]], and the [[Disc One Final Dungeon|Disc One Final Level]]. It's also the level where you first fight against some of the commies' deadly machines such as the [[Kill Sat]] and [[Advancing Boss of Doom|Bulldozer]], both of which can [[One-Hit Kill]] you.
* Ponyville in ''[[My Little Pony: Rise of Vicis]]'', which is somewhat justified by its presence as the home of the mane 6.
 
 
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