Talk:Equestria/@comment-7033565-20140601070515/@comment-10390252-20140617081754

I suspect it is a constitutional monarchy but the democratic elements of the government aren't centralised. It probably doesn't have anything similar to the US Congress.

Rather, I suspect that each of the city-states (the areas that send teams to the Equestrian Games are all city-states, I'll bet) have their own governing structures as appropriate to their culture. Ponyville seems to have a mayor and town council, which I suspected is elected. Cloudsdale, if they have retained anything of the Pegasi's pre-HWE militaristic society, might have a meritocracy where they are led by their most respected citizens. Canterlot may have a council of the heads of the Noble Unicorn Houses (including Blueblood - horror of horrors!). Each of these governing bodies will send a delegation to a Grand Pony Council, chaired by Celestia and Luna.