History VideoGame / EquestriaAtWar

** In a crossover with ''VideoGame/OldWorldBlues'', southwest Equestria can be set to be replaced with an expedition of the New California Republic, which has to find its place in the new world and can choose friendship, conquest, neutrality, or communism. Similarly, Equestria can be spawned into ''Old World Blues'' and can "[[DefeatMeansFriendship befriend]]" the whole wasteland.

** For April Fools Day 2022, the mod crossed over with ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', giving Equestria a new path where Celestia and Luna disappear, resulting in Equestria shattering much like Russia does, which [[spoiler:drives Twilight down the path of the [[SanitySlippage Blessed Regent Sergei Taboritsky]]]].
** The April Fools Day 2023 content, made in collaboration with the ''VideoGame/UnificationWars'' developer team, turns Emperor Grover V and Ferdinand Dawnclaw into [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the Emperor of Mankind and Horus]], in a loose reenactment of the Horus Heresy.

** Although the Changelings are explicitly based on Germany, their invasion of Olenia is based on the Winter War (that is, between [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets the USSR]] and [[UsefulNotes/FinnsWithFearsomeForests Finland]]), and when Chrysalis almost always wins, she can choose to give favored servants the equivalent of a Black Sea dacha along the Olenian coast.

* AdaptationExpansion: EAW massively expands on the setting of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', establishing three continents (Equus, Griffonia, and Zebrica) worth of countries, cultures, religions, histories, and characters.

** For April Fools Day 2021, the crossover was with ''VideoGame/RedFlood'' and changes the Dread League into the Speed League, which follows a form of ''Red Flood[='=]s'' Accelerationism instead of its normal OmnicidalManiac route.

** In a particularly cruel example, the Griffonian Empire starts off hosting a Changeling military attaché mission;. It sports two competent playable generals (Synovial and Thranx), a division of high-end Changeling Panzergrenadiere with a corresponding (albeit locked) division template, a dedicated focus tree specialising in massively expanding military cooperation, ''and'' positive status effects on research and army experience. This is a gods-send for the impoverished, badly developed and woefully underpowered empire. But thanks to the empire's succession crisis, the player will (in historical mode, at least) almost never be able to put the changelings to good use on the battlefield before Chrysalis orders them back home at the first sign of trouble on the Equestrian continent, taking back ''all'' the attaché's perks and permanently locking off the empire's - at best half-finished - changeling focus tree.
*** The player can at the very least try to [[spoiler:retain General Thranx when the latter defects to the Griffons, but even that will only result in destroying Griffonian-Changeling relations. Thranx himself will fall victim to Chrysalis' assassins only a few days later]], leaving you off even ''worse''.

* TheEmpire:
** The eponymous Griffonian Empire, whose authority at the start has been reduced to Griffenheim only. No matter the leader chosen for it, the Griffonian Empire will first attempt to reunify the Herzland, and if they're successful they'll move on to invading the rest of the Griffonian continent.
** The Crystal Empire at the game start is a benevolent example. [[TyrantTakesTheHelm If Sombra takes over, however...]]
** The Solar and Lunar Empires, ruled by [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon]] respectively.
** The Changeling Queendom will effectively become one if they win the Great War.

* DemographicDissonantCrossover: The idea of a ''My Little Pony'' mod for ''Hearts of Iron'' turns off a lot of potential players as many MLP fans are not terribly interested in a war game, much less getting deep into the mechanics (or increasingly high cost of entry) of ''Hearts of Iron IV'', while most ''Hearts of Iron'' fans are turned off by the idea of playing a mod about technicolor ponies. As a result, despite the effort put into it rivalling or even surpassing other famous mods, the mod never makes the most played/subscribed mods list in the yearly player data developer diaries where Paradox shares telemetry about what countries are most played, what portion of players play modded, and what mods are most played (or at least subscribed), while mods like ''Millennium Dawn'' or ''VideoGame/RedFlood'' regularly feature. If you need further proof, just compare how relatively barren the trope pages for this work are compared to the trope pages of ''Videogame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope'' and ''Videogame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg''.

It can be downloaded on the [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826643372 Steam Workshop]] and has two wikis available in [[https://equestriaatwar.miraheze.org/wiki/Equestria_at_War_Wiki English]][[note]]broken as of this writing[[/note]] and [[https://equestria-at-war.fandom.com/ru/wiki/ Russian]].[[note]]An older English wiki, hosted on [[https://equestria-at-war.fandom.com/wiki/Equestria_at_War_Wiki Fandom]], is no longer officially supported by the mod developers.[[/note]]

** Played with among the Pillars of Equestria. At the start, Rockhoof and Flash Magnus are available as Chief of Army candidates for Equestria while Mistmane is a candidate for Political Advisor in the Crystal Empire. Mage Meadowbrook is depicted as a National Spirit in the Baltimare Republic. Zebrica's release reveals that Somnambula is noted to be in Maregypt. Starswirl and Stygian are noted to be out there somewhere.

** Revintern: An alliance of North Zebrican socialist states led by Revolutionary North Zebrica (communist Hippogriffia).

** Season 9 isn't canon as the darker setting convinced the Royal Sisters to stay and the defeated villains not coming back. Sombra's return and takeover of the Crystal Empire is a completely separate event which isn't canon anyway. The Royal Sisters abdicating the throne to Twilight, takes place only after a secret route which require playing as the Changelings and ''annexing'' Equestria or one of its successor states.

** The ponies of the Socialist Republic of Longsword, on overthrowing their griffon oppressors, show tolerance, acceptance and egalitarianism to the griffons despite centuries of oppression and even attempted genocide. Starry Night's Socialist Republic of Longsword is in fact one of the few communist countries that does not contribute to Kasa's Operação Liberdade idea, which grants Kasa bonus population growth for each communist or supremacist country on the map, representing refugees fleeing oppressive regimes.

** Hippogriffia is defeated by Colthage and Chiropterra in the North Zebrican War, and subsequently joins the United Ponies Alliance and helps Equestria secure Harmony on Equus.

** Quagatai: Steppe Khanates in general, Chagatai Khanate in particular

** ArmsDealer Pea Shooter, Torbuk's starting leader, is visually and background-wise based off of [[Film/LordOfWar Yuri Orlov]].

It can be downloaded on the [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826643372 Steam Workshop]] and has two wikis available in [[https://equestriaatwar.miraheze.org/wiki/Equestria_at_War_Wiki English]] and [[https://equestria-at-war.fandom.com/ru/wiki/ Russian]].[[note]]An older English wiki, hosted on [[https://equestria-at-war.fandom.com/wiki/Equestria_at_War_Wiki Fandom]], is no longer officially supported by the mod developers.[[/note]]

** Among the Pillars of Equestria, Rockhoof and Flash Magnus are available as Chief of Army candidates for Equestria while Mistmane is a candidate for Political Advisor in the Crystal Empire. Mage Meadowbrook is depicted as a National Spirit in the Baltimare Republic. Somnambula is noted to be in Maregypt. The others are unaccounted for.

** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The Storm King]] never invaded Equestria, and was defeated by the Mane 6 and Hippogriffs as he was preparing to attack in a battle for Zebrican city of Ain Trotgourait. It is also evidenced by Fizzlepop Berrytwist being a General and a Military High Command candidate for Equestria at the start.

* PlotTumur:

* PlotTumour:

** With the release of Zebrica, the titular continent is dominated by Zebras (which is represented by only ''one'' side character in show canon) and various other one-shot races along with the ones introduced in the 2017 movie. This leaves another sandbox for the writers to play with, resulting in many previously unthinkable paths.

* PlotTumour: The Griffons, a minor side race in the show, now have a whole continent which has consumed more work, events and code than the ponies. Which said, their [[HufflepuffHouse mostly offscreen history]] and more [[GreyAndGrayMorality fractious, morally-grey]] attitudes arguably make them more suited to non-canonical expansion.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: Many Zebra places and names are based on real locations or names but with a letter, usually the first letter, replaced with a "Z", such as Congo -> Zongo or Hamilcar Barca -> Zamilcar Zarca.

** Among the Pillars of Equestria, Rockhoof and Flash Magnus are available as Chief of Army candidates for Equestria while Mistmane is a candidate for Political Advisor in the Crystal Empire. Mage Meadowbrook is depicted as a National Spirit in the Baltimare Republic. The others are unaccounted for.

** "The Great War" being an analogue to [=WW2=] means that the Changelings (Nazi Germany) will take over Olenia (Poland) and turn the Polar Bears into their puppet. While they would make gains on Equestria and the Crystal Empire (Britain, France and USA), Stalliongrad (USSR) would usually enter the war and help turn the tide, resulting in the Changelings' defeat. Olenia would be restored while the Changelings will be led by Thorax, representing post-[=WW2=] Germany. However, the lands are actually restored to their pre-war borders instead of being split in two between the victors.

** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The Storm King]] never invaded Equestria, and was defeated by the Mane 6 and Hippogriffs as he was preparing to attack, as evidenced by Fizzlepop Berrytwist being a General and a Military High Command candidate for Equestria at the start.

** United Ponies Front: Formed by Equestria to defend against the Changelings, bringing together horses, commie horses, sparkling horses and Australian horses. Deer and Yaks can also be included.

** Hindian states: India, with the two Yarildoms of Chital and Sambar and blending in the Danelaw.

** Yeti warlord states: The Diadochi
** Stormleucid Kingdom: Seleucid Kingdom

* GenreShift: For both ''Hearts of Iron'' and MLP. For MLP:FIM, its characters are in a world akin to our's on the eve of World War II, and thus problems aren't going to be solved by the magic of friendship as opposed to war, diplomacy and economics. Once you step out of the Pony-Changeling conflict, the mod makes heavy use of FantasyCounterpartCulture and NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed (Kingfisher is obviously Huey Long and Lavender Berry is Lavrentiy Beria for instance) to see what would happen in a Hearts of Iron game if our world's nations, problems and figures were in a fantasy setting while inhabiting the bodies of mythical creatures. And within the mod, the conflict between the Arcturian Order and Dread League is straight up fantasy, with both nations having been lost time and centuries behind anyone in terms of scientific advancement and technology. With some elements of mystery, it's almost closer to the spirit of the show.

** Saddle Arabia: Saudi Arabia
** Colthage: Carthage, Latin America (especially Mexico and Chile)

** Saddle Arabia: Saudi Arabia

** Timbucktu: medieval kingdom of Mali
** Stormleucid Kingdom: Seleucid Kingdom

** Chrysalis never tried to replace the Mane 6, and Starlight Glimmer never led a party to defeat her, meaning that the Season 6 finale never happened. Chrysalis has instead been working hard to industrialise, unite and militarise the Changeling Hives, going for a much more...direct approach.
*** In turn, Starlight Glimmer eventually grew uncomfortable with her place with the Mane 6 without the events of the Season 6 finale to quell her doubts as a leader and hero. She thanked Twilight Sparkle for her tutelage and [[PutOnABus journeyed off to support Friendship and Harmony in her own way]].

*** On top of all of that, a River Republic-led River Coalition or Federation has a few paths that involve aggression against or expansion into the Empire, allowing them to join in on the "festivities" alongside the aforementioned factions, and opening up the war to include not only the northern and southern borders, but the entirety of the Griffonian Empire's eastern border as well: [[spoiler:the Harmonist "[[GoodIsNotSoft Golden Curtain]]" path, which involves the creation of a large bloc in Eastern Griffonia specifically to counter the resurgent Empire, and the Non-aligned "[[TheCoup Phoenix Programme]]," wherein the River Republic's intelligence agency, the Office of Harmonic Services, takes power from the democratic government in order to address the same threat.]]

** Horses in general: various Arabic cultures

** Yeti warlord states: The Diadochi

** Quagatai: Steppe Khanates in general, Chagatai Khanate in particular

* XtremeKoolLetterz: Many Zebra places and names are based on real locations or names but with a letter, usually the first letter, replaced with a "Z", such as Congo -> Zongo or Hamilcar Barca -> Zamilcar Zarca.

** Saddle Arabia: Saudi Arabia

*** On top of all of that, a River Republic-led River Coalition or Federation has a few paths that involve aggression against or expansion into the Empire, allowing them to join in on the "festivities" alongside the aforementioned factions, and opening up the war to include not only the northern and southern borders, but the entirety of the Griffonian Empire's eastern border as well: [[spoiler:the Harmonist "[[GoodIsNotSoft Golden Curtain]]" path, which involves the creation of a large bloc in Eastern Griffonia specifically to counter the resurgent Empire, and the Non-aligned "[[TheCoup Phoenix Programme]]," wherein the River Republic's intelligence agency, the Office of Harmonic Services, takes power from the democratic government.]]