It surely has a lot of influence on economy, history (culture is a different thing in a country-continent like the USA, but most countries are the size of a sta

It surely has a lot of influence on economy, history (culture is a different thing in a country-continent like the USA, but most countries are the size of a state, not the Union). Is * important to understand the state of *? Texas City^H^H Austin of Texas Los Angeles^H^H Sacramento of California Anchorage^H^H Juneau of Alaska -- Edited to fix the initial bad example. -- Screw it, USA states have their capitals assigned to the weirdest cities instead of the largest ones. No wonder that you don't understand why capitals are important to normal countries.