The Republic of Pony 4 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.935 billion Pony 4ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 58.9%.

The thriving Pony 4ian economy, worth 707 trillion rupees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 102,087 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, and caroling is considered a public disturbance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pony 4's national animal is the crocodile, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Pony 4 is ranked 56,559^th in the world and 157^th in Sunset Shimmer for Highest Average Incomes, with 102,087.31 Standard Monetary Units.