Translations:自由小马利亚/40/en

On Storm Island, the failure of the resistance war deeply shocked every local resident, and pessimism and bewilderment hung over the whole island. The stability and development the democratic government promised seemed endlessly distant; protests and clashes happened every day in the streets of Freeport, the gulf between species grew deeper, violent crime proliferated, and the economy was in chaos — public trust in the Free Equestrian government had fallen to freezing point. In the countryside and deep mountains, the poor regions were still plagued by hunger and cold; to them Free Equestria was an outsider, even an invader. In places beyond the reach of these outsiders, new forces rooted in the land were quietly rising.