LAWS OF THE EMPIRE
• Abortion: Must be done before 21 weeks after that point only on grounds of medical necessity.
• Adultery: Grounds for divorce. If guilty in divorce settlement judge may award up to 60% rather than 50% of property.
• Affirmative action: No laws
• Age of consent: 16
• Age of majority: 18
• Artificial insemination: Permitted
• Assisted suicide: Allowed in cases of terminal illness with approval of two doctors.
• Bestiality: Illegal.
• Birth control: Permitted
• Childcare: Means tested funding.
• Concealed carry: Permitted once you have completed basic military training and either are serving in the military or were honourably discharged.
• Death penalty: Used for murder and treason
• Divorce: Permitted once separation of six months proven.
• Double jeopardy: Not permitted
• Drinking age: 18
• Driving age: 16
• Education: Compulsory until the age of 16
• Eminent domain: Permitted with appropriate compensation
• Equal pay for equal work: Yes
• Felony disenfranchisement: Anyone sentenced to more than three years imprisonment lose the right to vote for good.
• Flag desecration: Considered criminal damage regardless of who owned the flag.
• Gambling age: 18
• Gun purchase age: Defined by military service
• Homosexuality in the military: Not permitted
• Human cloning: Not permitted.
• In vitro fertilization: Permitted
• Marriageable age: 18
• Military conscription: All men serve 18 months at some point before 28th birthday.
• Minimum wage: Adjusted every January for inflation.
• Parental leave: Mothers 12 months / Fathers - 21 days.
• Polygamy: Illegal
• Pornography: Proof of age required for 18
• Prostitution: Criminalised
• Same-sex marriage: Not permitted
• School leaving age: 16
• Sex reassignment surgery:Not offered nor recognised
• Sex toys: Permitted
• Sexually transmitted diseases: Knowingly infecting a person is classed as assault.
• Smoking age: 18
• Sodomy laws:- Illegal
• State ideology: None
• State religion: The God Emperor
• Stem cell research: Permitted
• Taxation: Sliding scale tax based on income and property ownership. A range of indirect taxation exists.
• Torture: Not permitted
• Trial by jury: Twelve person jury used. Jury drawn by lot from local community. In cases of capital crimes the jury are asked two questions 1) Guilty/Not Guilty 2) Will they authorise the use of the death penalty.
• Universal healthcare: Both public and private health care exists. Public health care is funded via taxation.
• Voting age: 18
• Women's rights: Protected in law
• Working age: Must be aged over 16 to work more than 25 hours a week.
• Working week: Negotiated per worker