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Name of person/organisation taking questionnaire: KPMG
Name of nation: The Allied Nations
Form of government: "Democratic" Republic
Population: 400 million (an approximate value)
Tech level of nation: Modern
How prevalent is tourism in your nation? One of the leading native industries, second only to oil.
Anti-discrimination legislation
1a) Are there any anti-discrimination laws that apply for all minorities? Yes, of course.
b) Are there any anti-discrimination laws applying specifically for LGBT minorities? Yes.
c) How extensive do such anti-discrimination laws go? Not to much of an extent, (i.e. free speech against them is still allowed) but you cannot refuse service from a person based on this.
d) Do such laws apply to tourists? Of course.
Marriage/Partnership
1. Status of civil unions in your country: Go ahead, but not necessary, see below.
2. Status of gay marriage in your country: Completely legal.
Adoption Status
1a) Are homosexual couples able to adopt children? Yes
b) Are there any conditions for homosexual couples to adopt? None outside of the normal requirements.
c) Do such laws apply to tourists? Foreigners may not adopt children.
LGBT-Marketing
Does your country's travel companies market towards LGBT tourirsts? Not explicitly, no. They tend to include them within the general population.
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? No.
Religious influence
1a) Is there a state religion in your country? No.
b)(i) Does the state religion condemn acts of homosexuality?
(ii) If so, does a majority of the population follow this religion?
2. If so, does the state religion influence the government's decision on legislation regarding LGBT minorities?
HIV-travel restrictions
1. Are citizens infected with HIV/AIDS allowed to travel beyond the country's borders? Yes.
2. Are foreigners infected with HIV/AIDS allowed to travel into the country's borders? Yes, but sexual contact is prohibited.
3. Are offenders who travel in or out of the country punishiable by anything more than deportation under the law?
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?
d) Do such laws apply to tourists?
Homosexuality illegal
1a) Is committing sexual activities with a person of the same sex criminalised under the law? No.
b) Are offenders of the law punished by a jail term beyond 10 years, execution, torture, et cetera?
c) Do such laws apply to tourists?
Pride banned
1a) Are LGBT pride parades illegal in your country? No.
b) If not, are such pride parades common in your country? No, it tends to rest on a couple of days a year.
Locals hostile
1. What is the percentage of the population that believes homosexuality should not be accepted by society? About 20% and dropping rapidly with the new generation.
2. Are LGBT related activities welcomed or shunned by society in general? Welcomed.
Persecution
1a) Have there been reported acts of persecution committed against LGBT minorities by the locals? Yes, but these are not in tourist areas. It's always local on local violence.
b) Are such acts glorified by the local media? Certainly not!
Murders
1a) Have there been reported murders of those who are part of LGBT minorities committed by the locals? Periodically. Murders in and of themselves do not happen too often anyway.
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: ~100
Are there any questions regarding this questionnaire? If so, please tell us what questions you may have:
*Optional, it doesn't matter in this index.
OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE KITACHO INSTITUTE
To: KPMG
From: Kitacho Institute
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 8 points.
Breakdown of scoring
Tourism hotspot: 1
Anti-discrimination legislation: 2
Marriage/Partnership: 2
Adoption Status: 1
LGBT Marketing: 0
Equal Age of Consent: 1
Religious influence: 0
HIV-travel restrictions: 0
Anti-gay laws: 0
Homosexuality illegal: 0
Pride banned: 1
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.