Gurkland wrote:Official Information
Name of person/organisation taking questionnaire: Luke Mccratowitch, vicepresident of Gurkland.
Name of nation: Gurkland
Form of government: Gesellian Democratic Presidential Republic.
Population: 9800000000(9.8 Billions).
Tech level of nation: Futuristic Country: Type II.8 of the Kardashev Scale. Some VII elements.
How prevalent is tourism in your nation? High by festive inhabitants of Mania and the Elysian fields where they reach Gurkland to admire its architectural beauty and reach states of pure euphoria and inebriation with a preparation of Greenmore not poisonous.
Anti-discrimination legislation
1a) Are there any anti-discrimination laws that apply for all minorities? No.
b) Are there any anti-discrimination laws applying specifically for LGBT minorities? No one. Homosexuality is encouraged by the Speaker of the House Petego Riposi. He is one of the most important members of the government(best friend of President Mitriel Vulanio)and proudly flaunts his homosexuality wearing a pink elegant suit when entering in the parlament.
c) How extensive do such anti-discrimination laws go? N/A
d) Do such laws apply to tourists? N/A
Marriage/Partnership
1. Status of civil unions in your country: Legal.
2. Status of gay marriage in your country: Legal and ostentatious.
Adoption Status
1a) Are homosexual couples able to adopt children? Yes, any family can adopt children, without discrimination of sex, age or religion.
b) Are there any conditions for homosexual couples to adopt? Identical and fair like any other couple.
c) Do such laws apply to tourists? Yes.
LGBT-Marketing
Does your country's travel companies market towards LGBT tourirsts? Yes.
Equal Age of Consent
1. Age of consent for sex for heterosexual couples: 12.
2. Age of consent for sex for homosexual couples: 12.
3. Is the age of consent different for tourists? Nope.
Religious influence
1a) Is there a state religion in your country? Yes, Madokaism. It does not have a negative position about and homosexuals may be members of this faith without any restrictions.
b)(i) Does the state religion condemn acts of homosexuality? No. Some zealots suspect that our Goddess is a lesbian.
(ii) If so, does a majority of the population follow this religion? N/A
2. If so, does the state religion influence the government's decision on legislation regarding LGBT minorities? N/A
HIV-travel restrictions
1. Are citizens infected with HIV/AIDS allowed to travel beyond the country's borders? HIV is a disease that does not exist in Gurkland as the inhabitants have lived in a very different environment, the monkeys who transmitted HIV to humans were not there and no one would notice since none of Gurklandese people know what HIV is. However, given our advanced progress in medicine, the cure would be find in an week.
2. Are foreigners infected with HIV/AIDS allowed to travel into the country's borders? Yes.
3. Are offenders who travel in or out of the country punishiable by anything more than deportation under the law? No.
Anti-gay laws
1a) Are there laws that discriminate against minorities as a whole? No.
b) Are there laws that discriminate LGBT minorities specifically? No.
c) How extensive do such discriminatory laws go? N/A
d) Do such laws apply to tourists? N/A
Homosexuality illegal
1a) Is committing sexual activities with a person of the same sex criminalised under the law? No. Even Zoophilia, Sodomy, BDSM and many other sexual paraphilias are legalized and considered normal. Homosexuality is a breeze. The state and religion are outside the private affairs.
b) Are offenders of the law punished by a jail term beyond 10 years, execution, torture, et cetera? No.
c) Do such laws apply to tourists? Yes.
Pride banned
1a) Are LGBT pride parades illegal in your country? No.
b) If not, are such pride parades common in your country? Yes, it is sufficient to get organized and is also allowed a Pillow Pride.
Locals hostile
1. What is the percentage of the population that believes homosexuality should not be accepted by society? Less than 1% (0.6%, exactly). They are mostly Christians, Nazis and Muslims isolated from each other that they have no weight in the decisions of the government and general population and it is very rare to meet them randomly.
2. Are LGBT related activities welcomed or shunned by society in general? Warmly welcomed.
Persecution
1a) Have there been reported acts of persecution committed against LGBT minorities by the locals? No.
b) Are such acts glorified by the local media? No.
Murders
1a) Have there been reported murders of those who are part of LGBT minorities committed by the locals? No.
b) Are such acts glorified by the local media? No.
Death sentences
1a) Have there been reported executions targeted specifically at a person for committing activities related to the LGBT community/homosexual acts? No.
b) Are such executions glorified by the local media? No.
Miscellaneous*
Country's Estimated Number of Gay Gathering Places per 100,000 homosexual tourists: 17641.
Are there any questions regarding this questionnaire? If so, please tell us what questions you may have:
Not now. I enjoyed to answer your questions.
*Optional, it doesn't matter in this index.
OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE KITACHO INSTITUTE
To: Luke Mccratowitch
From: Kitacho Honsa
Thank you for taking the questionnaire. Your answers have been computed and we have your results.
Your nation's final assessment on the LTI is Fabulous, at 11 points.
Breakdown of scoring
Tourism hotspot: 1
Anti-discrimination legislation: 0+2 (For encouragement towards homosexuality by a prominent member in the government)
Marriage/Partnership: 2
Adoption Status: 2
LGBT Marketing: 1
Equal Age of Consent: 1
Religious influence: 0
HIV-travel restrictions: 0
Anti-gay laws: 0
Homosexuality illegal: 0
Pride banned: 2
Locals hostile: 0
Persecution: 0
Murders: 0
Death sentences: 0
Any queries regarding the scoring may be addressed to the Kitacho Institute via intergalactic telegram.
Provided if it's not too much trouble, I'd like to be able to meet Mister Riposi in person. He sounds like a fine gentleman.