Baltimare had been regarded as the City of Light and Harmony, where the ideals of any ponies were regarded equally with the rest. "Had." Now, Baltimare is in its darkest days. The liberal Blue Party is ready to fight the center-right White Party to bring back the power of the middle-class and is even championing a "Cutie Mark Discovery Tutorship" bill. The economy is collapsing and both parties are at a loss of what to do. Council sessions are now just 12 hour long debates that get nowhere. With a month to go until the expected expiration of government regulation on the economy, only a few ponies seem willing to stand and compromise. Some of them don't even live in Baltimare.