<> [[Dream Valley]]; the Eastern [[Old Lands]] excluding <
> the [[Nameless Desert]].)>> The Oriental Grand Duchy was a historical feudal domain and later an administrative division of the constitutional monarchy known as the [[Kingdom of Ponyland]]. The incumbent grand duchess and her family died in the [[Catastrophe]] and what became of any legitimate claimants to the title is not known. In any case, it was by that time only a ceremonial position. Occasional pretenders have appeared in recent centuries, to no great effect.