seat of government formal
seat of power

It was the seat of power in all the world.

A few people had to sit in the seats of power.

Perhaps he'd sat in the comfortable seat of power too long.

They ruled their county from this new seat of power.

But this had nothing to do with the seat of real imperial power in the 1100's.

It was never a clan as such but did have its own seat of power.

Tell a juicy thing or two about life at the seat of power.

But at all costs, he could not allow this corrupt man to return to his seat of power.

All attention focuses every six weeks on the real seat of power, the Fed.

Had they worked, I would have challenged the powers that be for a seat of power.