Edward Nashton: If you are justice, please do not lie / What is the price for your blind eye?
Oswald Cobblepot: Whoa! This guy's crazy.
Riddler: You're a part of this, too.
Batman: How am I a part of this?
Riddler: You'll see.
Alfred Pennyworth: You're becoming quite a celebrity.
Alfred Pennyworth: You're becoming quite a celebrity. Why's he writing to you?
Answer: In "The Dark Knight," we see Gotham State Police setting up barriers. In short, Gotham has never been shown to be anything akin to the District of Columbia, probably because Gotham is never meant to be the capital of the country.