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* '''Exaggerated''': A tiny place [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere where nothing notable happened before]] somehow gets to be the capital of a SpaceFillingEmpire, OneWorldOrder, or even an Interstellar Empire.

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* '''Exaggerated''': A Kleintown, a tiny place [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere where nothing notable happened before]] somehow gets to be the capital of a SpaceFillingEmpire, OneWorldOrder, or even an Interstellar Empire.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Kleintown is destroyed in the very event that they have the opportunity to rise to this, along with basically the entirety of Troperitania.



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* '''Implied''': After 2355 all encyclopedic Kleintown entries were A-Class, but from its founding date of 1255 to then it only garnered footnote entries.



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* '''Enforced''': AuthorAppeal and/or CreatorProvincialism.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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AuthorAppeal and/or CreatorProvincialism.CreatorProvincialism.
** The programmers of the FourX game set no 'arbitrary' limits on what town can be made Capitol, so as to let the player (try to) pull off CrazyEnoughToWork strategies.
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** Kleintown's political insignificance made it seem the most neutral site for hosting an international/-planetary/-galactic organization.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Kleintown, which was depicted as containing just a single shack beforehand, instantly transforms into a major sprawling metropolis literally a minute after a politician declares it the new capital.
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** Troperitania is at war with neighboring West-Uberwald, and the government moves to Kleindorf because the actual capital is dangerously close to frontline or is already taken by enemy.

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** Troperitania is at war with neighboring West-Uberwald, and the government moves to Kleindorf Kleintown because the actual capital is dangerously close to frontline or is already taken by enemy.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
It turns out that Kleintown had been a prominent city (or even the capital!) of Ancient Troperitania.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???That was a lie made up by amateur 'historians' who were taken seriously.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Kleintown has always been a major city, or has never been.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"It's like this place sprouted up like a weed overnight."

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* '''Downplayed''': Averageburg, a not-so-small town housing a few important factories and holding marginal political prominence, gets to be a major city of Troperitania (though not a capital).

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Averageburg, a not-so-small town housing a few important factories and holding marginal political prominence, gets to be a major city of Troperitania (though not a capital).capital).
** AliensInCardiff
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* '''Exaggerated''': A tiny place [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere where nothing notable happened before]] somehow gets to be the capital of a SpaceFillingEmpire, OneWorldOrder, or even an InterstellarEmpire.

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* '''Exaggerated''': A tiny place [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere where nothing notable happened before]] somehow gets to be the capital of a SpaceFillingEmpire, OneWorldOrder, or even an InterstellarEmpire.Interstellar Empire.
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Did you also notice how greatly your quite sleepy hometown [[SuddenlySignificatCity changed while you were away]]?

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Did you also notice how greatly your quite sleepy hometown [[SuddenlySignificatCity [[SuddenlySignificantCity changed while you were away]]?
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* '''Straight''': [[GratuitousGerman Kleindorf]], a rather small town with a very minor economical and political influence, becomes the centre of its responding region or the whole country of Troperitania overnight.
* '''Exaggerated''': Kleindorf, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere where nothing notable happened before]], somehow gets to become the capital of a SpaceFillingEmpire, OneWorldOrder, or even an InterstellarEmpire.
* '''Downplayed''': Averagetown, a not-so-small town housing a few important factories and holding marginal political prominence, gets to be a major city of Troperitania (though not a capital).

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* '''Straight''': [[GratuitousGerman Kleindorf]], Klein]][[QuirkyTown town]], a rather small town with a very minor economical and political influence, becomes the centre of its responding region or the whole country of Troperitania overnight.
* '''Exaggerated''': Kleindorf, A tiny place [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere where nothing notable happened before]], before]] somehow gets to become be the capital of a SpaceFillingEmpire, OneWorldOrder, or even an InterstellarEmpire.
* '''Downplayed''': Averagetown, Averageburg, a not-so-small town housing a few important factories and holding marginal political prominence, gets to be a major city of Troperitania (though not a capital).



** Kleindorf has a really big economic boom (due to some kind of {{Unobtanium}} mining, or a unique factory), so its importance gradually grows.

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** Kleindorf has Kleintown undergoes [[BoomTown a really big economic boom boom]] (due to some kind of {{Unobtanium}} mining, or a unique factory), industry which happens to be in high demand), so its importance gradually grows.



* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???TheCity is reduced to a DyingTown after a disaster, a massacre following its conquering or [[UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} years of economic recession]].



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Kleintown becomes a provisional capital and seat of the government during the war with West-Uberwald. But when the war (and restoration of the actual capital) is over, the authorities move back there. Soon, however, when Unobtanium is found near Kleintown...



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???AuthorAppeal and/or CreatorProvincialism.



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'''Basic Trope''': A place that suddenly gets major influence and status in-story.
* '''Straight''': [[GratuitousGerman Kleindorf]], a rather small town with a very minor economical and political influence, becomes the centre of its responding region or the whole country of Troperitania overnight.
* '''Exaggerated''': Kleindorf, [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere where nothing notable happened before]], somehow gets to become the capital of a SpaceFillingEmpire, OneWorldOrder, or even an InterstellarEmpire.
* '''Downplayed''': Averagetown, a not-so-small town housing a few important factories and holding marginal political prominence, gets to be a major city of Troperitania (though not a capital).
* '''Justified''':
** Kleindorf has a really big economic boom (due to some kind of {{Unobtanium}} mining, or a unique factory), so its importance gradually grows.
** Troperitania is at war with neighboring West-Uberwald, and the government moves to Kleindorf because the actual capital is dangerously close to frontline or is already taken by enemy.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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