The Republic of Princess Celestia 16 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, infamous sell-swords, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.133 billion Princess Celestia 16ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Princess Celestia 16ian economy, worth 59.1 trillion bits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 52,205 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, and a major religion has been named as Princess Celestia 16's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Princess Celestia 16's national animal is the pony.

Princess Celestia 16 is ranked 155,567^th in the world and 1,489^th in Primitiveness for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 579.28 on the Societal Mobility Rating.