@Lokizade  
Hm, I have another crazy idea: what if it’s an enclave, just like San Marino or Vatican? Nah, probably not.

And so the ‘Dashie’ counter goes up.

@Lokizade  
quite*

@Prof.NightJack  
lol yup, among other things and locations mentioned in the show not shown on the official map of Equestria, like Saddle Arabia.
 
There’s quit a few places in Equestria itself that we’ve yet to see, let alone the rest of the world, fun times ahead :)

@Lokizade  
Otherwise Tirek and Scorpan are aliens as they came from somewhere other then Equestria.

@Background Pony #C640  
Yeah maybe, in any case I certainly do not think it’s the entire planet.

@Background Pony #C640  
Probably. Though I’m guessing the relationship was reversed in this case: the continent was named after the country.

@Lokizade  
Oh! Oh! It could be like America (continent) and America (country)!

@Antonyourknee  
It hasn’t really defined how big Equestria is but they have said a few time of people coming from other lands, so it’s very unlikely to be the whole world, at most a huge continent.

@Antonyourknee  
I always saw it as a continent, rather than comprising the entire planet, if you look at the official map it’s pretty likely that there’s plenty more beyond Equestria.
 
Griffonstone could very well turn out to be the way you’re thinking.

I don’t like that she stated “Griffon stone was the coolest Kingdom IN EQuestria”. Does that mean Equestria refers to whole world all this time? Or is it a continent which has a griffin state on it? All in all this mean Equestria being the name for the pony nation in question,especially side Twiligth had apparently educated herself on the matter meanings it unlikely theirs a slip up.
 
I Hope only now that Griffonstone (it being apparently a big tree) is mearly an autonomous vassel state in Equestria as poltical refugees from the true Griffon Empire or something which is why Gilda the griffon attended pony fligth school and those Griffons competing in The Equestria Games…all this headcanon makes sense rigth?  
Well the episode will clear everything up I hope.

@Muffinshire  
Hmm, looks like it’s the most probable version… This is going to be interesting…

@Muffinshire  
Yeah, probably that too, hell we may even see her in this episode, come to think of it.

@Vaidelot  
@Background Pony #16D8
 
On the other hand, and fitting in with the ideas proposed before: the map is sending them to help rekindle Dash’s friendship with Gilda, which would mean that the reason Dash doesn’t want to go is that she doesn’t want to face Gilda in the first place.

@Vaidelot  
Because Gilda was a griffin and she was mean. Just a theory.

@Vaidelot  
From her demeanour at the start of the clip, I’m guessing she’s still sore about her falling out with Gilda.

@Vaidelot  
Wants to finish her nap.

@Vaidelot  
Sometimes she’s lazy.We saw it early in the series when she was slacking at her job

I wonder why Dash is so reluctant to go? Isn’t she usually the one excited about the possibility of adventures?