The New Canterlot Republic of Littlepip is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 28.966 billion Equestrians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shattered Hoof Ridge. The average income tax rate is 81.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Republican economy, worth a remarkable 2,723 trillion solarbits a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 94,016 solarbits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Supervisors in Littlepip commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, Leader's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide, almost every singles' party has a clergy and courtesans theme, and the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Littlepip's national animal is the bloodwing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Littlepip is ranked 114,277^th in the world and 13^th in The Trunk of a Pontiac Tempest for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 10,446.53 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.