Equestria

The Kingdom of Equestria is a parliamentary monarchy located on the western coast of North America. Equestria was founded by the three Races of Equestria, who overcame the Windigoes' blizzard with Equestrian Magic. The three races originally went west in search of new land, as the Winidgoes had destroyed their native soil to the east. The three races had been feuding with each other before their departure, and their hatred fueled the power of the Windigoes to bring turmoil to their native soil. After agreeing to work together, the leaders of the three races were able to fend off the Windigoes in the new land, and together, they claimed Equestria to share with one another. Each race started their settlements in their own unique settings to each other. The magical Unicorns built the city of Canterlot carved into a mountain. Canterlot would later become the capital and largest city of Equestria. The warlike Pegasi founded Cloudsdale upon a group of Stationary Clouds south of Canterlot. The humble Earth Ponies settled into various villages to produce their food for all of the races. Some wide known villages include Ponyville, Hoofsdale, and Mareposa. The races grew to an admirable size over the next hundred years, with the start of Equestrian Mythology forming around a hundred years later in 2000 BCE. Around this year, Princess Celestia and her sister Princess Luna, watched over the young nation. Celestia would rise the sun, and Luna would the moon. Around 1400 BCE, Discord attacked the Equestrians, and overthrew Celestia and Luna in the War of Discord. He ruled the ponies with an iron fist, and made sure nothing was perfect. It wasn't until Celestia called upon the Elements of Harmony with her sister Luna that they defeated Discord and restored order to the races. Upon this event, Celestia and Luna installed themselves as the two ruling Princesses, and established more interlinking bonds between the three races. They ruled the nation peacefully from Canterlot, which had by then become a major center of culture and economics in the nation. Canterlot Palace was built on the same mountain as the city, but its size overtook the city as a whole. From the defeat of Discord in 1367 BCE and for nearly 1000 years, Equestria grew with a single national identity, and saw large scale economic growth. The queendom eventually began its expansion east, which caused a major change in politics to occur in 29 CE. Princess Luna grew tired of her role, and did not admire the fact how ponies only slept during her nights. She soon grew irritated, and overthrew Celestia and capitulated Equestria into eternal night. Celestia once again used the Elements of Harmony to banish her sister, and Luna was not heard of for 1000 years. In 1029, however, Luna came back to Equestria to destroy the nation, and Celestia had lost contact with the elements by then. With their own ability, the Magical Six, were able to find the elements and defeat Luna a second time. After this defeat, and hit by a wave of nostalgia, Luna was accepted into a return of her position, but Celestia would remain Queen. After the Harmony Scare had subsided, Equestria's ponies began once again to spread east, and eventually found their homelands in a state of complete ruin. The homelands had become a large desert nearest Equestria, and only a small amount of land was able to be settled. Further east than that, Equestrians were fiercely intimidated by the large amounts of flat land. This limited further expansion east, an they grew within their borders for several hundred more years. In 1513, a major event happened within Equestria that would turn the nation into what it is today. The first European humans to contact the Equestrians were the Spanish, who believed that at first the Equestrians were simply myths told by the Natives. It was with great interest that the Spanish sent a small envoy to use the same tactics they did with the Aztecs to conquer the Equestrians. The Equestrians welcomed the Spanish at the city of Gemdazzle, located in the southern part of Equestria. The Spanish, seeing the city as an amazing work of magic, fled from Gemdazzle, believing that the Equestrians had powers to destroy them in a small amount of time. The Viceroy of New Spain then sent a massive Army in 1517 to eliminate the Equestrians and take all of their riches. The Spanish-Equestrian War proved the might of the Equestrians, and the Spanish army was quickly defeated at the Battle of Gemdazzle. The Equestrians sent a diplomatic mission to Mexico City to negociate peace, and in turn they learned that the world was much larger than they believed it to be while also achieving peace. For the next two hundred years, Celestia was very protective of Equestria's trade with the Europeans. She learned of the American democracy, and favored the idea of it. She introduced the Reforms of 1836, and created the Equestrian Council of the Queen and the Chamber of the Representatives. It is also within this time that she expanded Equestria into its current borders, and installed new immigration and emigration laws. Equestria soon rose to become what can described as a "Secondary Power". Equestria's economic growth in the late 1800s fueled a large interest in domestic development. Equestria's ponies began to rapidly expand on the idea of industrialization, and because of magic, this industrialization was harmonious with nature and the proletariat. The idea of social class also grew within this period. Equestria did not enter into any of the World Wars, and was later declared as a neutral country by the United Nations. Equestria did not join the United Nations after the wars, and continued on its pace of peaceful domestic expansion. With the rise of the Cold War, Equestria further excluded itself from human affairs, and started on the initiative to retain its monarchy. Celestia implemented laws that would establish a new ruling family in 1975, the House of Sol. In the Reforms of the Sol, she stepped down as Queen, and gave her power to Redblood of Sol. This marked the beginning of the Equestrian contemporary era, and the first establishment of modern Equestria.

Today, Equestria is made up of seven provinces, and is one of the richest countries in the world. Equestria has a population of 60 Million, and is home to only the races of the Unicorns, the Earth Ponies, and the Pegasi. Equestria remains to be a secluded Kingdom, under the reign of King Redblood. Equestria's capital is Canterlot and its largest city is Everfree City. Equestria's currency is the Equestrian bit, and still uses the silver standard.

Equestria is bordered by Canada and the United States to the East, and Mexico to the south. It occupies a large amount of the western coast of North America, but it is not a member of any international alliance or intergovernmental forum.