Not sure if the countries with one dominant capital city is limited to France and the UK. Would say that most of Europe falls into this category: Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, the Scandinavian and Baltic countries and most of Central Europe, etc.. Germany is very much the exception mainly because of recent history. It’s also much the same in most of Asia, Africa and the Americas, most of the rest of the world in fact.
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The Italian stock exchange is in Milan not Rome, the Lombardy region is wealthier than the capital with much industry and commerce concentrated there, the centre of fashion is Milan not Rome, tourist attractions are spread throughout the country, Florence, Pisa, Venice, the Amalfi coast, Sardinia and so on, not really that much like Britain.