The Republic of Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 10 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.331 billion Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 10ians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shimmerlight. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 10ian economy, worth 504 trillion Bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,652 Bits, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, pet owners make sure their dogs wear diapers, pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, and Leader reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 10's national animal is the Pony, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 10 is ranked 272,545^th in the world and 692^nd in Sunset Shimmer for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.64 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.