Is Equestria supposed to be a country or a planet?

[FlootahBabby 265]

I'm just wondering. There seems to be no direct reference in the show regarding to the planet they're standing on. And if Equestria isn't the name of the planet, then what is the planet called?

[General Solar Magus 469]

From what I understand, Equestria is a country. If you look at the Equestria map, you can see that there is more land outside of it.

[Nightshroud 331]

It is a country its even stated in the show I cant remember the episode that said it was but I know it was said in the actual show.

Equestria is a country am I right general?

flootahbaby?

[Goat-kun 2,516]

Equestria is a princessdom on an unnamed plane. We'll visit it after Dominaria.

[cmarston1 5,955]

I am pretty sure that is supposed to be a country.

[Kivil 1,721]

Definitely a country. They said it a few times in Season 1 but I can't remember the episode

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,645]

I actually think it is suppose to be a continent, as it seems to loosely represent North America, given that Canadian pony cities are also present.

[Firedog 320]

I think it's supposed to be like the United states, a union of states. So yeah a country 

[Firedog 320]

15 minutes ago, Kyoshi said:

I actually think it is suppose to be a continent, as it seems to loosely represent North America, given that Canadian pony cities are also present.

Interesting. It might be a loosely connected union of countries then. Like the European union 

[Tao 6,879]

Yah a think it is a nation,  given we have seen other races nations on and off with the mane six traveling around like the Griffons and stuff.   It would be kinda fun to see them explore the idea of the "world" more and maybe even a name.

[Dreambiscuit 8,548]

It's an incredibly vast game board, with Celestia and Luna playing all the ponies as their unwitting pawns. 

[snowflame 189]

It's a country, there has been references to places beyond Equestria like where the zebra's live and even visits like YakYakistan.

[Tiny Hoofs 200]

Since Equestria is just a country or a continent at best, I'm hoping they'll one day announce a map of the entire MLP world or a globe. We've seen places like Yakyakistan and Griffonstone, but I'd imagine a map of the entire world being even bigger than this one that they officially released.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but we haven't even seen where Zecora and the zebras are from. I'm guessing it's a lot more like Africa. I also wonder if there's other distinct continents separate from this map. Maybe a pony equivalent of Europe or Asia for instance. I think Equestria clearly takes inspiration from North America.

 

Edited April 17, 2017 by Tiny Hoofs

[lunarkitty 50]

Ooh I would absolutely love to see the pony equivalent of Europe! I do agree that Equestria seems to be North America. I have also always wondered if some of the ponies are from outside of Equestria and have a different first language than whatever it is the ponies are speaking when they speak English. Because I have noticed quite a few foreign accented ponies and it would be strange if they grew up in Equestria and yet had a foreign accent because everyone in Equestria seems to speak the same language.

[Thrond 3,259]

Best I can appreciate, Equestria is merely the name of the pony nation-state. I don't really know what the planet is called - it's probably not "Earth," given that that's the name of the old Earth Pony kingdom.