Likewise geography is political because the whereness of things, their distribution is so heavily influenced by politics and political decisions, as in the influence of zoning laws on patterns of urban development. The political geography of economic development .
Identities are often place-specific, as in the case of nationalisms or regionalisms.
These are immensely important to political geography since they involve questions of territory and exclusion. The final topic to be treated is that of the state and its territorial character . The state is a very important political agent and a lot of power is concentrated in the state. It becomes something we want to influence to protect our identities and realize our economic goals. These objectives are always place-specific.