You know what odd if Hoin is based on NYC it's that it isn't the capitol of New york at all... but it is the US economic capitol... but it still makes little sence to me that it's the capitol...
NYC was the capital for awhile, but it makes since. NYC has the largest economy, largest skyline, largest population, largest people (jk :D), in the nation. Hiun could be apart of a larger metro area. Like Tokyo really isn't a city it's composed of 23 special areas (or whatever they call it) that have cities/towns in them. Ever think that is what the bridge towering above the 'scrapers are used to connect Hiun to these other regions of a much larger metro area?