The Republic of Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 74 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.408 billion Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 74ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 74ian economy, worth 275 trillion Bits a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,871 Bits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 431,441 per year while the poor average 7,966, a ratio of 54.2 to 1.

War vets look after war animals, a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order, surveillance cameras are banned, and all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 74's national animal is the Pony, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 74 is ranked 20,051^st in the world and 29^th in Sunset Shimmer for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 2 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.