The Equine State of Dakota Territories is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Lady Sparkles with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.77 billion Ponies enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stables. The average income tax rate is 93.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Equine economy, worth a remarkable 1,097 trillion Apple Seeds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,233 Apple Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, one can wake up in Dakota Territories and have breakfast in Bigtopia, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning. 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 14,310^th in the world and 643^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 10,611.4 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.