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Very good, as I suspected the term is government PR rather than popular usage. But newspaper cartoonists have fun drawing it and the fools. So the Romans no doubt had similar responses to the term. It's a long story but the Greek-Persian texts on it reached SE Asia where it does have community backing. https://www.change.org/p/senate-of-the-philippines-declaring-the-balangay-as-our-country-s-national-boat '.the head of the barangay is a "barangay captain", the only head of a government unit in the world named after a captain of a boat.'

Hi, I'm in the southwest, Australia. There's an intriguing tradition from ancient Greece where the population or state is compared with a ship. The poet Alcaeus wrote about it in sixth century BC then others such as Plato took it up. Then Cicero in Rome. Anyway, it arrived in Ottawa. https://www.ourcommons.ca/About/HistoryArtsArchitecture/collection_profiles/CP_ship_of_state-e.htm So I'm hoping for readers' comments on what this means. Does the idea have general support? Do people use the words 'ship of state' in party policy or in parliament? Do you think of a ship when you see images of parliament? All contributions are gratefully received.