LAWS AND STANCES
• Abortion: Not permitted. Women having an abortion in Kemerovo are charged with murder.
• Adultery: No legal stance. Generally seen as a major sin
• Affirmative action: Not practiced
• Age of consent: 16
• Age of majority: 16
• Artificial insemination: Permitted but freezing, discarding, or reduction of embryos is forbidden
• Assisted suicide: Illegal.
• Bestiality: Illegal.
• Birth control: No legal stance however it is seen as sinful.
• Childcare: All children aged between 1 year and 4 years are given free childcare for 16 hours a week.
• Concealed carry: Firearms ownership is permitted for any individual over the age of 21 with no criminal convictions. Firearm ownership is common as most citizens are still involved in some way to rural industries.
• Death penalty: While still on the statute books the death penalty has been described by the Orthadox clergy as "premeditated murder and against the 10 Commandments" so has not been given since 1991. Theoretically the sentence could still be passed for premeditated murder, multiple murders and treason.
• Divorce: Permitted only if adultery or prolonged absence (generally considered 12 months) can be proven in court. Morally the Church has taken the view that ""it blesses the first marriage, performs the second, tolerates the third, and forbids the fourth". Widowed spouses are permitted to remarry without repercussion and their second marriage is considered just as blessed as the first.
• Double jeopardy: Not permitted
• Drinking age: 16
• Driving age: 16
• Education: School is compulsory for all between the age of 4 and 16 however you may leave school at 14 if you find an apprenticeship that lasts a minimum of four years.
• Eminent domain: Not Permitted unless approved by local commune representative.
• Equal pay for equal work: No
• Felony disenfranchisement: Irrelevant as each commune sets their own rules regarding selection of representatives.
• Flag desecration: No legal stance
• Gambling age: 16
• Gun purchase age: May be purchased by anyone over the age of 16. Criminal record checks are carried out and then a 7 day waiting period begins. This effectively means that from buying a gun to being able to collect it is roughly 21 days.
• Homosexuality in the military: No legal stance.
• Human cloning: Illegal. Morally the majority of the nation take the stance of "humans are supposed to be created by acts of love between two people"
• Marriageable age: 16
• Military conscription: No
• Minimum wage: No
• Parental leave: No legal stance
• Polygamy: Not permitted
• Pornography: Legal
• Prostitution: Illegal
• Same-sex marriage: Not permitted
• School leaving age: 14
• Sex reassignment surgery: Not Permitted
• Sex toys: Legal
• Sexually transmitted diseases: Anyone knowingly spreading STD/STI's is charged with assault.
• Smoking age: 16
• State ideology: Officially None however the Orthadox faith is heavily influential in the nation.
• State religion: Freedom of religion permitted but the Orthadox faith influences almost all decisions
• Stem cell research: Only permitted using cells which can be found in people's blood or in their bone marrow
• Taxation: As determined by a combination of Family Council and local Commune.
• Torture: Not permitted
• Trial by jury: Traditionally 12 jurors, six selected from the Commune in which the crime was committed and six selected from randomly selected Communes.
• Universal healthcare: For non-cosmetic cases.
• Voting age: Determined by individual Communes
• Women's rights: Protected in law
• Working age: No legal stance
• Working week: No legal stance