It's election day and you are representing the Lime Green Party of America. Name any state to grab its electoral votes and defeat the hated Periwinkle party.
Please accept Petronas Towers, or even just Petronas. Government structure is a tricky hint - I tried bicameral parliament, and monarchy, both technically correct answers, but they were not accepted.
Singapore doesn't border Malaysia, although it has a highway between Johor Bahru and Woodlands, but there are still a distance where it doesn't stick together.