Location: The Isles O Chocolate Coatings

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Pony Princessipality of Ifreann is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Princess Celestia with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.04 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Social Welfare, although Education and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canterlot. The average income tax rate is 91%, and even higher for the wealthy. A small private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Canterlot Times is sold out, national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys', and the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ifreann's national animal is the Baby Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Harmonious Elementalism, and its currency is the Delicious Apple.

Ifreann is ranked 5th in The Isles O Chocolate Coatings and 94,609th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring -14 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and