The Pony Principality of Equestrian States is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Princess Cadance with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 15.979 billion Equestrians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canterlot. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Equestrian economy, worth a remarkable 3,670 trillion Bits a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 229,726 Bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly, and hospitals in Equestrian States are too busy serving the needs of Atlantian Oceania to see Equestrians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Equestrian States's national animal is the Northern Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Harmonism.

Equestrian States is ranked 946^th in the world and 2^nd in Atlantian Oceania for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 11,980.15 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.