Republic of Petrovburg

—Official warning

Flag

Emblem

Map of Petrovburg

President :
Vladimir Diana
First Lady :
Camilla Rozalia
Presidential principal :
Tony Imelda
Presidential vice principal :
Sergius Aluna Norgesic

Dynasties' conquest:
19th century
Soviet rule:
October 1917
Declared state sovereignty:
August 17, 1945
Dissolution of the Soviet Union:
December 1991
Current constitution:
March 6, 1992

"*After the Soviets demolished the colonies from Equestria on the behalf of Communism, the last remnants of resistance took up arms in the mountains and strove to slowly turn the tide. Lead the Petrovburger national armies to guard and protect the nearby territories, ensure the ideology of Pancasila is saved, and experience Petrovburg's inquisition. From the tyranny of Princess Aulia, insubordination of Canterlot High School, into heroism of His Excellency Vladimir Diana, and tolerance of the Petrovburg Heroes under Luna's leadership, the path to follow is yours to choose.*"
— Official description
The **Republic of Petrovburg** (commonly known as just **Petrovburg**, officially the **Unitary State of the Republic of Petrovburg**) is the Pancasila-based fictional state that is the main setting of the Luna the Miracle Boy series. The state is inhabited by humans and other talking creatures, such as griffons, ponies, and dragons. Other animals and creatures also live in this country. Petrovburg is called a "republic" though it does contain districts within it such as Vernadia District, Seborga District, and others; the show and other media take place in many locations and their exact affiliation within this republic is not explored.

   Petrovburg has rows and columns of houses and buildings, many intersecting roads, and a river that runs through on one side. The population's primary forms of ground transportations are engine-powered automobiles and public transport buses. The fictional state uses left driving side, similar to other international sovereign countries under the United Nations; such as Indonesia, Equestria, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Chinese cities of Macau and Hong Kong, India, South Africa, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana), the U.S. Virgin Islands, and some of the Caribbean countries.

The name "Petrovburg" is derived from the name of the Russian town "Saint Petersburg", which denotes a relation to horseback riding. Consequently, it also has an origin in petrus, the Latin word for "horse". Many districts in this state have horse- and pony-themed architectures, such as the Wondercolt statue at Canterlot Presidential University and the saddle-shaped Donetsk Amphitheater.

## Government system

The government system of Petrovburg is currently a full-presidential republic, ruled by Vladimir Diana along with his wife – Camilla Rozalia (as the first lady of Petrovburg), and many state ministers. True to the respective nickname of the president and the first lady, this is correctly inspired by the current government of the United Kingdom since September 2022.

## State currency

Similar to Indonesia, Petrovburg uses Rupiah as its official currency.

## Historical depictions

*For the detailed informations about Petrovburg, see Luna the Miracle Boy fictional chronologies.*
### Before Petrovburg

The unitary republic that would eventually become Petrovburg was originally a collection of farms, ponies, and pastures until Grogar declared himself emperor of everything. He created various monsters to seize what they wanted and destroy everything else. A human named Vladimir Istvánovich Vernadsky eventually rose up against Grogar and banished him.

### Founding Petrovburg

The episode's most prominent feature is a play about the founding of the Republic of Petrovburg, narrated by Dmitry Elfa. He explains: "Each of the three tribes, the Earth humans, the magical elements, and the spiritual ponies, cared not for what befell the other tribes, but only for their own welfare. In those troubled times, as now, the Earth humans were the stewards of the weather, but they demanded something in return: food that could only be grown by the spiritual ponies. The magical elements demanded the same, in return for magically bringing forth day and night. And so, mistrust between the tribes festered, until one fateful day, it came to a boil. And what prompted the humans to clash? It was a mysterious blizzard that overtook the land, and toppled the tribes' precarious peace."

The blizzard led to famine, at which the three tribal leaders eventually agreed to meet for a summit and decide what to do about the snow, but this only devolved into arguing and blaming each other. The leaders of each tribe then decided to journey to a new land. They all arrived at the same place, and soon began fighting over it, and the blizzard quickly followed. "And so the paradise with several ponies had found was soon lost, buried beneath a thick blanket of snow and hard feelings." Eventually, the leaders' assistants find out that are causing the storm by feeding off of hate. The assistants' friendship creates the magical Fire of Friendship which does away with the windigos and the snowstorm. The three leaders then decide to join forces and found a country shared by all three tribes, and name it "**The Petrov Republic**".

### War against the Soviet tyranny

The series starts off with a prologue with narration about Prince Artemis and Princess Finlandia raising the sun and moon and maintaining harmony. That was the time before their rule mentioned in the series. The Canterlot Presidential principal on that time – John Kennedy, tells them that before he and Jozef Kosovo (vice principal on that time) stood up to a dragon that the leader of the Soviet Forces named Discord. He and Vice Principal Kosovo ruled over Petrovburg, keeping it in a state of unrest and unhappiness. Principal Kennedy goes on to describe that, seeing how miserable life was for earth humans, magical elements, and spiritual ponies alike, he and Kosovo discovered the Elements of Harmony and rose up against Discord, turning it to stone. Discord's seal is later broken because, as Vice Principal Kosovo explains, "John and [himself] are no longer connected to the elements", so the Vernadsky Couple use the Elements of Harmony to encase Discord in stone again.

### Nightmare Moon

The narration continues: The Poles played in the day but "shunned" the night and slept through it, which made the malicious princess grow bitter, eventually refusing to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. Her bitterness transformed herself into a "wicked mare of darkness" – Nightmare Moon. This freak princess reluctantly harnessed the power of the Elements of Harmony and banished her in the moon, taking responsibility for both sun and moon, maintaining harmony in Petrovburg. The events of the first and second episodes take place a thousand years after Nightmare Moon's imprisonment along with the ancestors of Equestria, upon which she is freed, but defeated again through the magic of the Elements of Harmony, only this time she is transformed back to her former self and introduces herself as Princess Aulia.

### Many moons later

Several years after the final battle for Petrovburg, Vice Principal Kosovo has retired, with Sergey as his replacement, Princess Finlandia as the presidential secretary, meanwhile Tony Sirbistan is still the principal of the presidential guard.

## Districts and administrative cities

The Luna the Miracle Boy franchise features many **districts** and **administrative cities**, most of them take place primarily in the Petrovburger fatherland. The Republic of Petrovburg features many districts such as Canterlot City, Vernadia, Seborga, Everfree, and many more. These locations' exact affiliation with Petrovburg is usually not explored.

### Canterlot City

*Main article: Canterlot City.*
The capital of the Republic of Petrovburg.

### Cloudsdale District

The district that is located in western Petrovburg where the Petrovs takes place of "Petrov Pony Race" and where Petrovburg's weather is made. One of the notable citizen of this district is Jason Esofita. The Weather Factory is located there. The name is a reference to the Clydesdale – a breed of draft horses.

### Everfree District

The district that is located in the south of Vernadia District. Luna and his friends say that the forest is not natural and it doesn't work like the rest of Petrovburg. Since plants grow by themselves, the animals care for themselves, and the weather changes without the help of the humans. Camp Everfree is located in this district, near the Los Santos' border. It is also home to some strange creatures.

### Frihetenburg

The administrative city of Everfree District. It is a diversely-populated desert town with Russian architecture in Petrovburg. The town's name is inspired from Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau Province. It is the hometown of the Fluttershy Corps. Some of the notable citizen from the district are Jozef Oktarini, Polina Fluttershy, Vincent Cadance, and their Fluttershy animal pets.

### Iceland District

*Main article: Iceland District.*
The resemblance tropical district to Iceland. It is located at the northeast of the Petrovburg mainland.

### Improvistan District

The breezed district in Petrovburg. It is located north of Seborga District, in a snowy region that had previously closed off its borders to Petrovburg for "hundreds" of moons. According to its regional flag and the high snowfall, the district is resembles Greenland – a constituency region of Denmark.

### Jelgava District

The district that is located at the northwest of the Petrovburg mainland. The name is a reference to Jelgava – an administrative city in Latvia.

### Little Bandung

The administrative city of Jelgava District. It is a western town of Petrovburg with Javanese architecture. It is the hometown of Erik Stovia Larika, Joko Sikumbang (Joko the Photographer), and the Sikumbang Photo Crew. The name is a reference to Bandung City – the capital of West Java.

### Little Pariaman

*Main article: Little Pariaman.*
The tropical district that is rich with the Minangkabau architecture.

### Los Santos

The desert-sparkled district in the Republic of Petrovburg. It is a mostly arid location with a large orchard of apple trees. The Santos' buffaloes have their own chief and their denizens have a territorial battle with the newly arrived Petrovburger settlers of Los Santos. The district uses the Western American architecture, which the name of the town inspired from the fictional town with the same name from the Grand Theft Auto series.

### Manehattan

The city-state that is located in the south-eastern coast of Petrovburg. It used to be the headquarters of the Petrovburger traitors according to the Battle for Petrovburg story episode.

Its name is inspired by Manhattan Island, a section of New York City – a notable city in the United States.

### Norway District

*Main article: Norway District.*
Similar to Little Pariaman, the tropical district is also rich with the Minangkabau architecture. Its name is inspired by Norway – a country in the Scandinavian peninsula.

### Ponyville

The administrative city of Los Santos that also known as the "district of the pony cultivation" where the ponies are born as the Petrovburg's national animal due to having many pony observatories.

### Seborga District

*Main article: Seborga District.*
The district that is the home of the French architecture.

### Vernadia District

*Main article: Vernadia District.*
The district that also known as the hometown of Luna and his family.

### Wilhelmshaven

The administrative city of the District of Little Pariaman. The name is originally spelled "Wilhelmshaven" on the updated version of the map, but spelled "Wilhelm's Harbor" on the original version of the guidebook map. The name is a reference to Wilhelmshaven – a harbor town in Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany.

## Notable places

### Canterlot Presidential Palace

The parliamentary building that belongs to the Petrovburger government.

### Canterlot Presidential University

*Main article: Canterlot Presidential University.*
### Canterlot Presidential Resort

The presidential house complex that belongs to the Petrovburger government. It is also the home of President Diana, First Lady Camilla, and the Canterlot Presidential office staffs.

### Vernadsky Family House

**Vernadsky Family House** is the house where Luna lives with his family: Prince Artemis, Princess Finlandia and Celestia. It first appears in the LMB original scene where Luna chases Roman – a cloaked girl who has steal his moon sphere. In the kitchen of this house, Celestia keeps dozens of whipped cream in the refrigerator.

### Celestia's Bedroom (Vernadsky Family House)

**Celestia's bedroom** at the Vernadsky Family House is a room where belongs to Celestia. It first appears in Rainbow Rocks when Luna and his friends have a sleepover and pizza party in the Vernadsky Family House.

### Luna's Bedroom (Vernadsky Family House)

**Luna's bedroom** at the Vernadsky Family House is a room where belongs to Luna. It is first featured at the beginning of Legend of Everfree story episode. In his bedroom, Luna keeps a large collection of books, various astronomy and chemistry paraphernalia, and a space aquarium.

### Applejack House

*Main article: Applejack Family.*
**Applejack House** is where Dennis lives with her family: Mr. Zim Hideyoshi, Mrs. Maria Applejack, and Colin. It first appears in the LMB Rainbow Rocks animated short segment A Bad Case of Déjà Vu segment during Maria's garage sale.

### Dennis' Bedroom (Applejack House)

**Dennis' bedroom** at the Applejack House is a room where this room is personally belongs to Dennis.

### Fluttershy Cottage

**Fluttershy Cottage** is the house where Jozef lives with his children: Vincent and Polina.

### Camp Everfree

*Main article: Camp Everfree.*
The **Camp Everfree** is a tourist attraction that located in the Everfree District, close to the border to Los Santos District. The Camp Everfree resembles Sawahlunto City in West Sumatra Province because this tourist attraction site has a historical coal cave and the Hungarian architecture on some local buildings.

### CMC Clubhouse

The **Cutie Mark Crusaders' clubhouse** (formerly owned by Dennis Idmayanti) is located in a "secluded, private part" of the Applejack Family. Since its first appearance, the clubhouse has been seen in many episodes and used for different purposes, with furniture and equipment being added to suit the Crusaders' needs. It has a wide open space, large enough to practice dance moves, fit several Petrovburger kids, and create large arts and crafts. It has multiple floors, joined by a staircase, and in some episodes an additional building higher up in its tree, connected via an outside ramp.

Things seen and used in the clubhouse are:

* Map of the Vernadia District: Jerry draws a basic map of Vernadia, and it later appears pinned to the clubhouse wall.
* Craft materials: pots that containing paintbrushes and pencils can be seen on the clubhouse's windowsill.
* Posters: At least two posters of Jason appear in the clubhouse along with a poster of the vertically-reversed Russian flag.
* Telescope: On the upper level or in the upper building of the clubhouse, the Crusaders have a telescope.
* Great idea spot: A target painted on the floor directly below the lamp inside the clubhouse. While first used without a target.
* Podium: Used by Jerry for the "Esofita Fans Club", used by Benedict, and used by Jason and Jerry for the meetings of each other's fan clubs.
* Drum kits: Used by Jerry, but smaller than Vincent's in the Friheten Rainbooms.
* Eating spot: Used by the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
* Balloons: Appear with the Petrovburg Heroes' respective fave colors.

### Ratnasari House

**Ratnasari House** is the house where the Ratnasari Sisters (Tobias and Benedict) live. The house first appears in the story episode Dance of the Equestria Flares. In her bedroom, Tobias keeps multiple sewing tools, a fainting couch, and a closet full of her old, discarded designs.

### Hospodine Movie Studio

**Hospodine Movie Studio** is featured in the Miracle Movie Flares story episode. It is where directors such as Hernán Cortéz and actors/actresses such as Chesney Olivia in the major motion pictures. Among the movies filmed here include the Italy Hospodines film series, Battle of Honfoglalás, and Ukraine the Land of Pudding.

### Wilhelmshaven National Park

**Wilhelmshaven National Park** (simply **Wilhelmshaven Park**) is the premier amusement park in the Wilhelmshaven District. It first appears in the Luna the Miracle Boy story: Rollercoaster of Friendship. Among the named attractions mentioned include the Los Santos' Wild West Stunt Show, Nightmare Moon's Haunted Castle, Dragon Lands Drag Racing, Los Santos Runaway Train, and the Rainbow Falls Barrel Flume. Some unnamed attractions include a roller coaster, a kiddie coaster, a Ferris wheel, and bumper cars. The nighttime entertainment is a light parade.

### Sunset Shimmer House

**Sunset Shimmer House** is the house where Roman lives, located at Seborga District.

### Princess Martin's House

**Princess Martin's House** is the house where Martin lives. Features include a television with video game console, a desk with two computer monitors, and a second-story bed decorated with lights. It first appears in the LMB musical short segment Monday Blues.

### Esofita House

**Esofita House** is where Jason lives. It first appears in the Summertime Short Stories: Leaping off the Page segment. Various items are scattered about the room, and posters, flags, and photographs are taped on the walls.

## Tourist attractions

### Basara High Seas Tower

**Basara High Seas Tower**, abbreviated as **BHS Tower**, is a tower that bigger than such lighthouses, inspired by Burj Khalifa – the biggest tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is located at Norway Bay.

### Norway Bay

Located northwest of the Norway Ocean District. Inspired from the real world of Padang Beach in Padang City, West Sumatra. It features include two lifeguard perches, a dock with a seaside hut, the BHS Tower, and a parking lot.

### Friheten Lake

Featured in several LMB episodes. It is present on the official map of the Republic of Petrovburg under the name of "Friheten L".

### Mt. Petrohoof

A mountain covered in heavy winds located in the northern Petrovburg and on the official map of Petrovburg. The mountain and its name are inspired from Mount Everest.

### Unilever Canyon

A gorge filled with perils, such as a windy cave, bramble bushes and those electric eels. It is present on the official map of Petrovburg.

### Finland Sea

Located east of Petrovburg. Analogous to the real world Indonesia-Malaysia maritime border – the Malacca Strait.

### Muscovite Bay

Located in the eastern Manehattan. It analogous to the real world northeastern shore of Riau Province.

### Norway Ocean

*Not confused from Norway Ocean District.*
Located west of Petrovburg and split between **North Norway Ocean** and **South Norway Ocean**. Inspired from Norwegian Sea at the northern Atlantic Ocean, but analogous to the real world Indian Ocean.

## Forbidden facilities

The demolition of monuments and buildings that can affect the wrath of Allah started since the fall of the Soviet Union in the effort of the decommunization of Petrovburg, and continued to a small extent throughout the 2010s.

* Canterlot High School

Canterlot High School was a Soviet-era military base that existed from its establishment in 1966 to 2017. The military base was originally called the "Soviet Military School", but this was later changed to the present name, in honour of the Soviet Union and those who were betrayed the government of Canterlot City.

In the depictions in the series (including the Battle for Petrovburg episode), Canterlot High School always poses as the real enemy to the Republic of Petrovburg beside of the Soviet regime. It is officially declared by the national government of Petrovburg as the symbol of defiance against the nationalism and sovereignty of Petrovburg, and as "the home of the traitors to Petrovburg".

Before its destruction by force, Princess Aulia established Canterlot High School by the spirit of Communism and took advantage of it to make the soldiers her joint armies. She also made some hate speech, blasphemy, insults, and provocation against the country's statesmen (including Luna and his family). Feeling tired and bored of tyranny, extortion, slavery, and other disasters that were done by the Canterlot High Forces, the people of Petrovburg are in a great rage and eager to stand with the ideology of Pancasila. The decommunization efforts began when the Petrovburg national government imposed a demolition warrant to Canterlot High School, and declared the CHS related things as the country's enemies. Ultimately, Canterlot High School and its armies are driven out of Petrovburg and permanently banned for good. The demolition finally began and completed the following days.

* Other forbidden facilities

The other forbidden ones are the monuments to Princess Aulia (that were declared as the "idol-statues" by the Muslim local scholars), sickle-hammer attributes, several liquor bars, nightclubs, prostitution places, and several Communism-sparkled political parties.

## Celestial objects

**Celestial objects** are a recurring theme in the show and associated media. These are depicted as the identical symbols of the mature children of the Vernadsky Family – Luna and Celestia. The narration says: "The celestial diva (Celestia) used her powers to raise the sun at dawn, and the lunar boy (Luna) brought out the moon to begin the night by his magic."

## References

1. **Main course**
	* https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Equestria
2. **Secondary course**
	* https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Locations