La Principessa

All states, all dominions, that excert power over ponies and have excerted power over ponies, are and were either democracies or principalities. The principalities are either heridetary, of wich the family of the Princess has been in power for a long time or new, like Milan for Princess Sforza(1), or they are added as parts of a principality of the Princess that conquers them as the case was with Napels and the Princess of Spain(2). These conquered regions are ued to either live wíth a princess or to be free. And they are conquered either by an others power or by their own power, either by luck or with power.

(1) Princess Sforza daughter of ‘prince’ Attendolo (a mercenary leader), had become because of her marriage in the principality of Milan one of the most important ponies in the city. When the previous Princess died Milan became a republic, Sforza was appointed leader of the military. However, instead of warring with the sea ponies of Venice as she was ordered to she struck a deal with the water creatures and claimed princesshood over Milan three years later. This all happened 50 years before La Principessa. Princess Sforza is a typical example of a ‘new’ Princess as Sparkle sees them.

(2) The Princess of Spain being Ferdinanda of Aragon, or the religieus Princess. She added Napels to the dominion of Spain a few years earlier after a very good treaty with the Princess of France. It was Ferdinanda that made Spain into one of the most important powers in equestria, partially because of her victiories over the zebra’s. See also chapter 21 § 1.