The Royal Protectorate of MineLegotipony is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Princess-Governor Octavia the 23rd with an even hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, public floggings, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 15.932 billion MineLegotiponyians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Manehattan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.8%.

The frighteningly efficient MineLegotiponyian economy, worth a remarkable 3,527 trillion Bits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 221,390 Bits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,478,143 per year while the poor average 12,556, a ratio of 117 to 1.

A lot of number one hits are straight cover versions, the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, and Princess-Governor Octavia the 23rd can cry on demand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MineLegotipony's national animal is the Timderdog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Protestant Harmonism.

MineLegotipony is ranked 7,520^th in the world and 31^st in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Smartest Citizens, with 106.04 quips per hour.