look at the flag of Washington dc
those three stars represent Washington, the Vatican and the city of London sovereign enclave.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78249012 Dc being the military arm, London the financial, and the Vatican is religious.
and dont forget the empire state where the original capitol was located, for a clue:
Empire State
In the late 18th to early 19th century, during a surge in New York's development, there was a sudden fad of interest in the Roman Empire.
Part of this was due to exhibitions from the unearthing of Pompeii, ongoing at the time, that had a strong public impact.
Honoring Rome, a number of towns in New York were given names of Roman Empire cities and famous people: We have Syracuse, Utica, Camillus, Cicero, Cincinnatus, Corinth, Fabius, Ilion, Ithaca, Junius, Macedon, Manlius, Marcellus, Minoa, Pompey, Romulus, Salina , Scipio, Sempronius, Sparta, Ulysses, and Virgil, and of course Rome.
