The Equine State of Dakota Territories is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lady Sparkles with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.824 billion Ponies enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stables. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Equine economy, worth a remarkable 1,110 trillion Apple Seeds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,930 Apple Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, there have been reports of people marrying housepets, and nations that kill a Pony can expect a strongly worded letter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dakota Territories's national animal is the Pony, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Equestrianism.

Dakota Territories is ranked 4,692^nd in the world and 168^th in The North Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 2,817.7 on the Clooney Contribution Index.