NYC had a population of 7,071,639 according to 1980 U.S. Census figures, and an estimated 16.4 million people lived in the New York City Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. NYC was a global centre of culture, arts, entertainment, media, fashion, research, education, business and sports. It was the home to the United Nations (the pre-Doomsday counterpart to the League of Nations). It was extremely influential in almost all aspects of American life other than politics.