Policies & Stances
• Abortion: Must be conducted before 21 weeks beyond that only if mothers life is in danger
• Adultery: Grounds for divorce
• Affirmative action: No.
• Age of consent: 16.
• Age of majority: 18.
• Artificial insemination: Legal
• Assisted suicide: Legal for any patient diagnosed with a terminal health condition following consultation with two health professionals.
• Bestiality: Illegal.
• Birth control: Legal and easily available.
• Childcare: Government funded for means tested number of hours
• Concealed carry: Permitted with a permit
• Death penalty: Permitted for murder and treason.
• Divorce: Permitted following adultery, domestic violence or a seperation period of 12 months.
• Double jeopardy: Allowed only in cases when there is new and compelling evidence against the accused.
• Drinking age: 18
• Driving age: 16
• Education: Compulsary between the ages of 4-18. State funded and private options are available.
• Eminent domain: Legal for public purposes with fair compensation for property owners.
• Equal pay for equal work: Yes.
• Felony disenfranchisement: Yes
• Flag desecration: No official stance
• Gambling age: 18
• Gun purchase age: 18
• Homosexuality in the military: Equal rights for the LGBTQ community
• Human cloning: Illegal.
• In vitro fertilization: Legal
• Marriageable age: 18
• Military conscription: Banned under the constitution except in times of war.
• Minimum wage: Yes
• Parental leave: Women granted 12 months (3 months on full pay, 3 months on 75% pay, 3 months on 50% pay and the final 3 months on 25% pay)
• Polygamy: Illegal
• Pornography: Laws determine where it can be displayed within stores.
• Prostitution: Legal so long as workers have a licence and restrict their solicitations to agreed areas.
• Public transport: Government subsidies but privately operated.
• Race: Racism is a crime and racially motivated crimes generally carry an extended sentence.
• Same-sex marriage: Permitted but a religious official can not be compelled to carry one out.
• School leaving age: 18
• Sex reassignment surgery: Permitted if privately funded.
• Sex toys: Legal
• Sexually transmitted diseases: Anyone who knows they have one and infects another is guilty of "maiming with intent" or murder in cases of STD's that are terminal such as AIDS/HIV
• Smoking age: 18.
• Sodomy laws: No stance
• State ideology: Officially None.
• Stem cell research: Legal so long as the institute can prove the stem cells come frommorally acceptable sources currently that means those taken from: Embryonic Germ Cells (from miscarriages or spontaneous abortions and not elective abortions), Umbilical Cord Stem Cells, Placenta-derived Stem Cells, Post-Natally Derived (Adult) Stem cells.
• Taxation: Progressive tax system.
• Torture: Illegal.
• Trial by jury: Used for all crimes punishable by a prison sentence or capital punishment.
• Universal healthcare: Funded by taxes with "cosmetic" procedures being privately funded.
• Voting age: Must be 18.
• Women's rights: Full Equality
• Working age: 16.
• Working week: 45 hrs (max).
• Narcotics: Varies from drug to drug.