The Kingdom of Austria-Iran is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by King Shining Armor with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 9.504 billion Ponies are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crystaloplis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Pony economy, worth a remarkable 2,492 trillion unicorn credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 262,296 unicorn credits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,533,886 per year while the poor average 21,053, a ratio of 72.9 to 1.

The tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, educators and parents alike are allowing children to view the internet again after violent videos were purged, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, and tough diplomacy is often best handled with a nutcracker. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Austria-Iran's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Austria-Iran is ranked 7,894^th in the world and 1^st in My Little Pony Equestria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 105.97 law-abiding acts per hour.