Equestria



"So this is Equestria, huh? Well, that's how Equestria is a place where magical pony and many other talking animals and stuff come around in shapes and sizes, and they're all in every corner of this place. I love ponies, and I even like My Little Pony, even though I'm a male. Hope everything's not just for girls, because it's for all bronies that don't matter in such appearances like you and me I guess."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemares

Equestria is the main setting of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic franchise. Equestria is inhabited by magical ponies and other talking creatures, such as griffons and dragons. Other animals and creatures also live in Equestria. Equestria is called a kingdom in the first episode of the show and in other media, though it does contain other "kingdoms" within it such as the Crystal Empire; the show and other media take place in many locations and their exact affiliation with Equestria is not explored. Equestria is co-ruled by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, who reside in a palace in the city of Canterlot. The name "Equestria" is derived from the word "equestrian", which denotes a relation to horseback riding. Consequently, it also has an origin in equus, the Latin word for "horse."

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, it's now however that they are in a dangerous new world where the ponies must relearn the ways of war they have forgotten after centuries of peace, but when humans from Earth gained contact to the Pony World, the humans eventually made them to use modern and futuristic technology. If they cannot protect themselves, they are doomed to fall, but in this land, friendship is magic.

Soon, its government structure is that of a federal democratic constitutional monarchy. It was one of the two global superpowers in the Pony World that are responsible for the Great Pony War and the apocalypse that followed.

After the Last Day, the Equestrian power structure was decimated, Equestria itself was dissolved, and its territories were reduced to what is then known as the Equestrian Wasteland. Whatever ravaged vestiges of society that still remained after the apocalypse descended into a state of total anarchy.

However, following Operation Fallot, Equestria is re-established when its land was restored back to its former state, and is now having colonies from outer space long after World War III.