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Use for questions relating to the governance of areas within a country (e.g. states, cities, etc.)

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Why does Paris draw its city limits so tightly?

The city borders of Paris are, of course, essentially defined by history like most other city borders in Europe. Paris’ situation is in no way unique; see for example the City of Brussels which houses …
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Do any local/state/provincial/... governments maintain 'embassies' (within or outside their ...

Yes. I believe all 16 German states maintain ‘representations’ in Brussels to the EU. Brussels obviously not being part of Germany and the EU not being a nation state and thus (critically) not handlin …
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