The Equine State of Dakota Territories is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Lady Sparkles with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.087 billion Ponies enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal 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 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Equine economy, worth a remarkable 1,299 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 142,977 Apple Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A breakdown in Westphalian sovereignty has left political scientists dazed and confused, spiritual tourists meditate in the ruins of Equine cathedrals, the government has begun breaking all large businesses into thousands of mom-and-pop general stores, and at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Lady Sparkles's wardrobe. 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 239,519^th in the world and 4,513^th in The North Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 414.7 milliStalins.