After Celestia's enigmatic death, the elements of harmony will have to face a challenge like no other - discovering the mysterios killer in a difficult investigation, and the rise of a new, unpredictable ruler who will bring about an era of darkness over Equestria. The 6 mares had to face Nightmare Moon, Discord and a changeling invasion over the years, but how will they cope with the threat of a tyrant? Will Shining Armor's love for Twilight be stronger than the loyalty for his country? Will Applejack join the revolutionary movement trying to free the opressed farmers, or will she put her friends above her family and avoid fighting Twilight's brother? Rated T for some violence planned for the ending chapters
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Was Goldengem supposed to be symbolizing Capitalism?
2688830 Not entirely. While it is obvious that he brought about industrialization and modernization, his regime also bears the marks of oppression and disctatorial rule, which is not representative of either capitalism or socialism. I remeber that years ago my origial idea with this fanfic was to put Equestria into the hands of an oppresive authoritarian leader so as to antagonize the main 6 against him and make them support an uprising (SPOILER ALERT! although Twilight and Applejack would've grown more and more apart because of Applejack's new political ideas and Twilight's Monarchism and conservatism, with their friends caught in-between in the argument... SPOILER ENDING) , so Goldengem is just that - A tyrannical leader intelligent enough to develop his coutry, but greedy enough to maintain almost all political power for himself. You might compare him with leaders like the last Romanov Czar or Louis XVIII of France, but he doesn't represent an economic ideology. Also, is anybody willing to read this any further? I totally forgot about it for years, but I could possibly... continue it this summer if there is some demand for it.