The Celestial Imperium of The Alicorns is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Terra with a fair hand, and notable for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 16.466 billion Imperials hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Equus. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial economy, worth a remarkable 8,845 trillion Imperial Bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 537,204 Imperial Bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, the government prides itself on being smug and condescending to idiots, commuters often break into synchronised para-para dancing for no reason at all, and sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park. Crime is totally unknown. The Alicorns's national animal is the Alicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Harmonism.

The Alicorns is ranked 17,914^th in the world and 8^th in Hoshizora for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 76.08 Effective Tax Rate.