The Soul Society (尸魂界 (ソウル・ソサエティ, lit. Dead Spirit World) is an afterlife (also called the spirit world). This is also where Shinigami mainly live and is where most Souls dwell until they are reincarnated into the World of the Living. At the center is the grand Seireitei, surrounded by the countless districts of Rukongai—this is the De facto capital of the Soul Society where the Gotei 13 resides, a military force that stands amongst all other armed forces within the vast plains of this realm as the most respected and powerful. Beyond this region there are other sovereign lands, villages, and enclaves of varying kinds that have their own laws and traditions, though oriental cultural influences are inherent in many places and peoples. Humans from all corners of the earth pass away to find th