I think the captital should be wherever we think it's best, not necessarily camp. Like Minecraft, where you rest isn't always where you put your home.

I think the first thing we should do In Character is for our players to get together and find a place to start the capital city. They'd have camp to rest up and such, but first they must pioneer into the great beyond to set their flag on the land they shall call their own. While fighting off random bad guys on the way.