Government seat (7)
I believe the answer is:
capital
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">government seat</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that government seat can be written as capital)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for capital that I've seen before include "A country's main city" , "Cardinal; splendid; assets" , "Principal city" , "Finance - excellent!" , "(Person's) wealth" .)