The Equine State of Dakota Territories is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Lady Sparkles with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.062 billion Ponies enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stables. The average income tax rate is 94.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Equine economy, worth a remarkable 1,292 trillion Apple Seeds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,626 Apple Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pranking is an art form, there is something rotten in the state of Dakota Territories, bars are packed at all hours, and tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury. 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 133,910^th in the world and 2,484^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,155.18 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.