Sandbox:Equestria

Etymology and terminology
Equestria comes from the Hegamonian equester, "belonging to a horseman", from equus, "horse", which is also the origin of equine. In this sense, "Equestria" would translate as "land of the horsemen" instead of "land of horses."

History
Equestria has been said to have inhabitants as early as 2000 BCE.

Grogar The Great
Around 1200 BCE, Equestria was only pasters of farms until Grogar (Hegamonian: Grogarus) declared himself emperor of Equestria, This reign lasted until 1000 BCE until a unicorn named Gusty the Great rebelled and banished him.

The 3 pony races lived in a mutual relationship where the earth ponies would plant seeds and the Pegasi and unicorns would get the seeds and give it the nessasary stuff to grow faster. When a drought came around 200 BCE and destroyed all crops and the seeds and the mutuality was destroyed. The 3 tribes immigraded away from each other only to meet back at Canterhoof Mountain. Even if, the ponies settled around these parts and the feud remained for 1420 years.

The Windigoes
Around 1220 AD, a writer named Star Chaser (Old Cannasacian: Stera Kaĝan) wrote a novel that depicted "Windigoes". A creature that would make the environment colder by hatred. The story was set during "Age of Eternal Winter". The three major pony types, Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi, were separate tribes. This period is described as a chaotic time, when the windigos brought freezing temperatures and eternal darkness to the world, and other monsters terrorized the populace. The three tribes separately emigrated to the Island of Equus, where they began feuding with each other, which fueled the strength of the windigos. Eventually the tribes set aside their squabbles to unify and defeat the windigos. Ponies, not knowledable about climate, believed this story and soon went to the leaders. The leades decided to set aside thier diffrences and unify.

Colinization
At 1523 Ships from Imperium arrived at Equestria. They did some trading and then left. The Hegamonians Labeled the island Equus meaning horse. It wasnt long unlil Tirandian and "English " ships arrived at Equus and started claiming parts of Equestria.

The 5 Seperated years
See also: list of countries during the 5 seperated years

After the independance, Equestria was once seperated in TBD countries which include the Equus Protectorite, the Eclipse Republic and many more for 5 years.

Unification
At TBD year, Princess Celestia and Luna of the Equus Protectorite unified all of Equestria into the Equus Confederation. The new nation was renamed due to the other former regions thinking it gave too much influence to the Equus Protectorite.

The Equestrian-Crystallic War
At 1892 the Crystal Empire declared Independance from Equestria and declared war. The rebellion was led by King Sombra who turned it into a dark land and enslaved the Crystal Ponies. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna defeated him with their magic, but he placed a curse on the Crystal Empire that caused it to vanish for a hundred years.

Location and borders
Equestria is located in the Island of Equus. It also has outposts outside of Equus.

Administrative divisions
Equestria is divided into TBD Regions. view an interactive map here(Note:This Map is not yet Completed.)

Magic
Magic is an Impotant part of Equestria. Nearly all Inhabitants have Magic.

The Equus Boundary
Main article: The Equus Boundary

The Equus bounday is a Unknown force stopping any residents form Equus from using magic outside Arhet. The same goes for residents outside Equus where Magic will stop working inside Equus