Location: Pony Lands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Hippocracy of Pastel Ponies is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Princess Solara with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.016 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Education, Religion & Spirituality, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rainbow's-End City. The average income tax rate is 37%. A large private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Emergency room admissions for 'stampede injuries' have skyrocketed since the introduction of weekly Sabbath Eve sales, Princess Solara has just been declared ruler of Pastel Ponies in an international press conference, Solar Ponyism has been named as Pastel Ponies's national religion, and the government pours millions of apples into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pastel Ponies's national animal is the jackalope, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Solar Ponyism, and its currency is the apple.

Pastel Ponies is ranked 101st in Pony Lands and 104,407th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -2 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and