The Republic of Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 116 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.199 billion Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 116ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 37.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 116ian economy, worth 359 trillion bitcoins 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 85,515 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience, radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, and 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 116's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 116 is ranked 56,380^th in the world and 174^th in Sunset Shimmer for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.57 law-abiding acts per hour.