The Equine State of Dakota Territories is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lady Sparkles with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.782 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 1,100 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 141,449 Apple Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams, and billions of Apple Seeds are being blown on orbital weapons development. 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 287,269^th in the world and 6,190^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -18.21 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.