For years tensions between Equestria and Zebrica have been increasing.

With Twilight ascending to alicornhood, Hatua ya Kukimbia the king of Zebrica threatens war unless one of the princesses marries his son, crown prince Mwana Nguvu. The king's first choice to marry his son was Cadance, but with her being a married mare and expecting her first foal, she refuses and Twilight offers her hand in marriage to prevent a disastrous war and help cement Equestrian-Zebrican relations.

Twilight must learn how to rule a nation she's unfamiliar with and learn to love a husband she barely knows while political machinations whirl about her, assassins skulk in the shadows, and rogue warlords threaten rebellion.

This an M-rated anthro story that features sex in a relationship, political intrigue, political violence, firearms, some military conflict, a slow romance and some mild clop. If this story isn't your sort of thing, move along please.

For the names of the zebras, I initially thought about giving them all names that start with Z and decided against it as it pigeonhole me, I can't promise you there won't be some characters who have names starting with Z. I decided to use English-to-Swahili in google translate for the names of some of the major characters.