“They act nice but still, they have absolute power over their subjects”
 
Equestria is a monarchy all right, but I am not certain whether it qualifies as an absolute monarchy.: “Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy in which one ruler has supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs.”
 
Most historical rulers never had that kind of free hand, and Celestia has not been depicted exercising her authority much.
 
On a related note, I wonder whether the Equestrian ideal for rulers tends towards enlightened despotism. : “ “Enlightened” despots distinguished themselves from ordinary despots by claiming to rule for their subjects’ well-being. An enlightened despot may focus government priorities on healthcare, education, nonviolent population control, or physical infrastructure. The leader may profess a commitment to peaceful relations and/or allow some democratic decision-making, such as public referenda, but would not propose reforms that undermined their sovereignty or disrupted the social order.”

@SunnyBlam  
Nah, looks way younger. Probably before she got married, says WW1.

This must be Granny Smith after she played Battlefield 1

Calamity’s rifle

@Background Pony #5C59 
Wonder if somone could photoshop pony faces on all people in that trailer now

That Battlefield 1 trailer Feeling tho.

@TheAntiCat  
Well, ponies in Equestria are xenophobic to dragons, changelings, gryphons and sometimes racist to donkeys and zebras according to Friendship is Magic.  
Ponies maybe have freedom but they have also 2 main queens that disguising themselves as “princesses”.  
They act nice but still, they have absolute power over their subjects that have to praise them like Kim Dzong Un. Also Crystal Empire have despotic monarchy. Just saying.

@Claw 
Except NK is xenophobic and has zero freedom. Try again.

@Background Pony #F0FD  
North Korea.  
Closed, mysterious, weird, belives in superstitions way too much and very, very technologically retarded.  
Also they have trigger finger on the most powerful weapon on entire planet, just like Equestria.

@SunnyBlam 
So who’s Equestria to you, France or Britain?

#WeaponsGradeWaifu

Ah yes, the Germane-Equestrian War that blew up when Granny was just a young mare. She signed up, knowing that the farm was in good hands with Pear Butter & Bright Mac. 
Never expected to return. She doesn’t talk about that.

“….thats how Apples won the war”  
against Pears.

“We are little flames poorly sheltered by frail walls against the storm of dissolution and madness, in which we flicker and sometimes almost go out… we creep in upon ourselves and with big eyes stare into the night… and thus we wait for morning.” 
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

How the Apples won the war.

Given The-Butch-X’s recent TF related EQG stuff I can’t help expect something like this.
 

wow

i think WW2 is worse mainly because the atom bomb was born during that era and now everyone has one

They push. We push. Every once and a while we push hard enough that the light breaks through the clouds and a world beyond the war glimmers. Just out of reach. The war is the world, and the world is the war. But behind every gun sight is a human being. We are those people. We are the jaded. We are the naive. We are the honorable. And the criminal. We are the bound for legend. And the loss to history. We are the knights of the sky, the ghosts in the desert and the rats in the mud. These are our stories.

Trench warfare was a horrible concept. Granny Smith was lucky to survive.