The Republic of Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 5 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.34 billion Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 5ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shimmerlight. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 5ian economy, worth 657 trillion Bits a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 123,038 Bits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 370,776 per year while the poor average 31,830, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

Adultery has been made a capital offence, creating dance remixes is the newest form of conspicuous consumption, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, and candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 5's national animal is the Pony.

Sunset Shimmer is Best Pony 5 is ranked 61,680^th in the world and 218^th in Sunset Shimmer for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,562.63 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.