"I want to make sure I have this right," the white mare slowly said. "Trottingham has declared themselves to be in secession from Equestria. They're calling themselves a country now."
"Correct, sister," stated the younger sibling. "However, as a youthful nation which has no means of supporting itself, the next thing they did was to demand a foreign aid package."
"So they won't accept our leadership, authority, or laws," Celestia tried. "However, they will gladly take our resources, supplies, and money."
"Also correct," Luna observed.
"I'm never going to let a human hold a mayoralty again."