Strange Laws of your nation

[Britannia I]

For example In Britain it is actually illegal to eat mince pies at Christmas as decreed by Cromwell in the 16th Century. The law was never really updated and people just thought it was as silly as it sounds. Has your nation got any similar laws?

In Britannia it is illegal to spit on your own doorstep, this dates back to the old days when the monarch held unlimited power and owned every subjects house and spitting on your own doorstep would be considered as an insult to the Monarch who provided them with that house. People can still get fined up to £5 for doing it however.

[Koderland]

It is illegal to sell a painting of someone without their written consent. The same is not true of photographs.

It is illegal to marry a person with the same first and last name. It is unclear why this law came to pass, but it is theorized that it was because someone had been issuing false marriage certificates with himself listed as both participants.

It is unlawful to lend a kettle to your neighbor on Friday.

It is unlawful to own cats numbering in threes.

Until recently It was against the law to claim ownership of a pond. They were counted as public property, and therefor their value was not added to the assets of private land. This caused many ponds to be drained in the country, leading to disastrous flooding once the land had been built upon.

[Marshill]

In Marshill, calling someone a "Householder" can be considered slander. The correct term is "Stakeholder." This dates from the recent Householders' Revolt and is despite the fact that the Household is still the basic economic unit.

It is also illegal to molest the Marshill Wild Fox. During the Unsettled Times, the fox population proved useful as warnings against nocturnal brigandage; even though animals of almost every other species (with the notable exception of the national animal, the English Springer Spaniel) were freely hunted, trapped and bred for food, the Marshill Wild Fox enjoyed special protection. Offenses against the Fox are the only crimes, other than treason and sedition, punishable before the Executive Court, from which there is no appeal. Though rare, those found guilty of molesting foxes are sentenced to labor in the dye pits for periods between six months and three years.

[Novus Niciae]

It is illegal to carry a concealed weapon greater than 3 meters in length. (This came about owing to the invention of the stealth field generator)

It is illegal to shoot rabbits from the back of a moving streetcar. (This was because of a shooting accident 300 years ago)

It is illegal to herd more than 3000 cattle into the main marketplace of Niciae City at any given time. (The main marketplace of Niciae City used to have a cattle saleyard 200 years ago that had a capacity for 3000 cattle, the saleyards have since moved to a larger area on the outskirts of the city)

[Muzztopia]

It is illegal to take an animal to the top of Mount. Muzz on Saturdays.

[Pavonistade]

In Britain it is actually illegal to eat mince pies at Christmas as decreed by Cromwell in the 16th Century.

Wikipedia: The popular claim that the consumption of mince pies on Christmas Day is illegal is in fact an urban myth.

[El Kuduro]

Meat may not be sold from 12 PM to 6 PM on Sunday afternoons. This is punishable by a £25 fine for the vendor, merchant or butcher and revocation of the meat on the part of the buyer.

[The New Dog Nation]

It's illegal to use the multiverse lighthouses to track down the "unseen force" as this will lead to the end of the whole multiverse.

[Stahn]

The strangest thing about laws in Stahn is that it doesn't really have any. We do have a police force and courts and all that but every Stahnese is expected to use their own judgement. Be they in law enforcement or not.

Judges are democratically elected by the people of a region.

In practise it doesn't appear very different to a real world nation.

[Asigna]

In an aim to make the Asigna party infamous in the Philippines, the liberal party dressed as one of the Asigna party parliament members and wrote a bill. "Penalizing all citizens whose cars travel faster than the speed of light."

This bill has been locked up and blown up afterwards in a warehouse by the Asigna party members in their shame of being laughed and ridiculed by the people and the region.

[New Visegrad]

In Khebrez, NV it is illegal to fly slower than 500m/s.
In Hehtrii, NV it is illegal to wear blue armbands or shoulder patches.
Throughout New Visegrad, all starships and aeroships operating outside city perimeters must carry a nanoweave longcoat and a facescarf (or other piece of facial protection equipment) per person on board.

[Soled]

It is illegal to name a star after yourself here. They will be given ''real names'' as we see naming it after youself to be selfish.

[Humanus]

The Fiefdom of Humanus has been blessed for not allowing any inane and irrational laws to be passed.

[Westeastern Dicantia]

All top hats must have at least one stovepipe and come with matching welding goggles. Also, it is unlawful to unplug your toaster at 3:15 am on a Wednesday in June due to a series of unrelated accidents involving forks, outlets, and bagels.

[Cameroi]

possibly the strangest might be that the national level may make no law binding on the individual, other then to insure all individuals not serving punishments for having committed real crimes, have an absolute right to relocate from any place to any place. every other law of every kind, binding on individuals is a completely local option, at the discretion of the consensus within each and every neighborhood, village, and rural district.

this means, among other things, that you can almost always find someplace you'd be happier then where you are, and have an inalienable right to relocate yourself there. this would be meaningless of course, if transport were prohibitively costly, but here it is free.

[The Sivent Isles]

- You can't shake a woman's right hand after 6 pm,
- The name Dave is illegal,
- All civilians wanting to enlist in the police force have to enjoy alcohol.

[The Atheist Counties]

To crack down on religious observance, we made it illegal to enter a church building on Saturday or Sunday. To get around this, religious folk go to their church on Friday night, sleep there, and hold services on Saturday morning.

[Anollasia]

Public urination (on public property) is legal.

[Saurisisia]

-It is illegal to step on someone's tail, even if by accident (though this one is rightly justified)
-Wearing a leisure suit and/or Afro outside of the 1970s is a felony
-With the exception of a Citroën, it is illegal to own a French car and the vehicle will be impounded
-It is illegal to wear a Sombrero "in a goofy fashion"
-It's illegal to cross a railroad on tiptoe while wearing a toupee and singing 'Fly Me to the Moon'

[Laurasia]

Within the Laurasian Empire, it is illegal to leave the presence of others without extending your blessings upon them. It is also illegal to make any jokes about religion. Also, no man is permitted to hold himself higher then a noble; if he is taller, he is required to crane his head down in a superior's presence.

[Auzkhia]

In some states, licking door knobs is illegal.
It is illegal to run out of gas on the Autobahn.
It is illegal to vomit on any clergy.
It is illegal to mount or attempt to ride an Auzkhian without his/her consent.
Mowing the lawn on Sunday is illegal in some states.
Some are rarely enforced.

[Punkvania]

Wearing a t-shirt in a public pool is a fineable offense.

[Shallowell]

In our second-largest city, Niyage, it is illegal to own both a female and a male tarantula at the same time without a special and expensive breeder's license due to one crazy fool breeding an army of large (but mostly harmless) spiders and unleashing them in the womens' changing room at the local gym. There was no precedent to this event, and no indication that such a thing would ever happen again, but the law was passed anyway. Many suspect that the Mayor of Niyage's daughter was among those terrorized by the arachnids, and pushed her father into signing the law.

[Vladovaskia]

In Vladovaskia corruption is punishable by firing squad or beheading.

One cannot defile a piece of artwork, unless that artwork is in a public space.

And you can publicly be nude and fully erect, but if you touch someone in that state they can fine you up to $500.

[Soundblast]

Displaying a red colored national seal is a cause for investigation into treason.
Displaying a written message in deceptix is a cause for investigation into treason.
Displaying a metal vulture, puma, or space man is cause for investigation into treason.
Displaying the fallen seal on a structure or weapon is cause for investigation into treason.
A PDA, laptop, and/or smart phone can be classified as dangerous weapons.