Or, it could be. Read Revelation 18 and think of Washington, DC and our Federal Government when you do so. I can think of no other city that meets Revelation 18:3 - For all the nation's have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries. Can you think of any other city that has had such an influence over the world?