The Nineteenth Century: The Saga of Equestria

by mint20

The year is 1806. The Corps of Discovery, headed by the legendary explorers Lewis and Clark, is currently holed up in Fort Clatsop. However, their presence in ancient Griffon territory does not go unnoticed. Meanwhile, in Equestria, Celestia and Luna sit comfortably on their thrones. They never could have seen it coming, but the ideas of the West were about to descend on them.

1. Author's Foreword

Hello, fellow Bronies and Pegasisters,

Mint20 here. This story, named The Nineteenth Century: The Saga of Equestria, is inspired by the Pony Demand Mod by Gakumerasarafor the grand strategy game, Victoria 2. (Available here: . ?801756-Pony-Demand-Mod-(PDM%F70-Minimod)) The idea behind this mod is that Equestria has quietly existed on the West Coast of North America (California, Nevada, Utah, ect), right under everybody's noses, until finally being discovered in 1816. Then, seeing the threat posed by the European civilizations, and the United States, Princess Celestia goes to Europe to learn from the humans. When she returns, she launches Equestria into an era of bold innovation, quickly bringing Equestria up to Europe's level by 1836, when the game begins. Throughout the game, the player must deal with the rise of liberalism, external threats posed by the United States and their thrice-damned "Manifest Destiny," parley with Griffonia, deal with Communists and Fascism, and finally, worldwide war and conflict as the "Great Wars" emerge, all the way to 1936. I recommend this mod to all who wish for an very challenging yet incredibly fun strategy game with ponies! There's something just so satisfying about beating the ^#!* out of my home country as a race of magical, talking ponies...

Now, since I am a writer and can do stuff like that, I will be taking quite a few liberties with both the source material and real history. For instance, the Kingdom of Griffonia will be discovered before Equestria, in 1806 with the Lewis and Clark expedition. Equestria will know of the humans (and the humans, Equestria), but will not be discovered in and of itself until the above-mentioned 1816, with an incident that is basically the "oh crap" moment for Equestria. Finally, the history will be somewhat decelerated as I hope to write about Equestria beyond the 1800's. Maybe (if Equestria survives the USA, of course) this would even go into the Twenty-First Century? Leave thoughts below.

Yours in all things Pony,

Mint20

PS: Disregard the official map of Equestria. If I can figure out how, I'll upload pictures of the map shown in-game.

PPS: When this gets started, please give me some feedback. You would not believe the amount of research that went into this. And share it with your friends!