Seoul

"Welcome to Seoul, the capital of my country. At first glance, we get governance from here. We even too elect a president every five years with a single term."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Sniper XB3

Seoul (/soʊl/; 서울; Korean: [sʌ.ul]), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). As the 4th most economically powerful city in the world, measured by GDP, Seoul is one of Asia's major centers of culture, entertainment, and research, with additional strengths in the arts, commerce, education, finance, media, services, and tourism. Seoul forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, the 5th most populous in the world, which is also one of the most populous urban agglomerations and includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, altogether home to roughly half of the country's population.