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Historically, countless sovereign states including sizeable ones were named after their capital cities, e.g.
Babylon -> Babylonia
Moscow -> Muscovy
Naples -> Kingdom of Naples
Roma -> Imperium Romanum.

There are still sovereign states named after their capitals, e.g.
Alger -> Algeria
Tunis -> Tunisia.

I think Brasilia <- Brasil is the other way around, I'm not sure about the chronologies of Mexico City <-> Mexico & Panama City <->Panama.

Among the sovereign states currently not named after their capitals, whose capital city* has the significance and prestige (and whatever necessary) for the state to potentially be named after it?

*or a major city currently not the official capital
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