Some cities do more than house the machinery of government. They exist at the very edges of what’s physically possible.
There are capitals built where the air grows thin, capitals that brush against the Arctic Circle, and administrative seats marooned in the middle of vast oceans or hemmed in by startlingly complex borders.
Extreme capitals are testaments to human adaptability and the strange logic of history.
Just how detailed is your mental map of the world’s most unusual and geographically improbable seats of government?
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Test yourself with this tour through the outer limits of the political map. Set your compass and see how much you really know.
