Adultery in your nation?

[Ideal Britain]

Adultery is both legal grounds for divorce and a civil wrong (breach of contract) as per the Adultery Act of 2040.
Assisting adultery is a tort.

In the laws of the Armed Forces it is a criminal offence for a member of the military to seduce their comrade's spouse and for a female soldier to be unfaithful to their husband whether soldier or civilian (though if he is also in the military the sentence is more severe due to the damage caused to military camraderie).

[Kergstan]

Adultery is legal and marriage contracts are not legally binding in any way.

[Federation of American States]

It's not a legal offence
But it is ground for civl action such as divorce.

And it is used as a political weapon. The the opposing patties use it to destroy the Poliitical careers of their enemy's

[Servilis]

ok so my country has a dilemma

i tried removing adultery by abandoning marriage and then it just became heterosexual couples only and polygamy got banned
so then i reintroducing polygamy and homosexuality and then it brought back adultery laws...
goddammit

[Estado Novo Portugues]

Adultery is an affront against the sanctity of marriage—a holy indivisible union between one man and one woman. It is a crime for married men and women (an unmarried person who cheats with a married person is instead charged with fornication), punishable with fines or imprisonment. Not all extramarital sex is considered adultery—only if it's unfaithful and hurts the trust between husband and wife. So hypothetically, if two married couples consent to mixing it up, that's legal.

[The Socialist Union of British Republics]

Adultery is legal in the Union of Britain but is considered to be somewhat scandalous by the general population and looked down upon.

[Nouvelle-Floride]

Legal. Our government's too busy shuffling through endless amount of paperwork to bother anyhow.

[La Xinga]

Illegal, punishment is hot lead poured down throat that burn insides.

Yet divorce is allowed with the proper holy laws.

[Neutraligon]

Illegal, punishment is hot lead poured down throat that burn insides.

Why down the throat? This punishment below seems more appropriate.

[La Xinga]

Illegal, punishment is hot lead poured down throat that burn insides.

Why down the throat? This punishment below seems more appropriate.

Biblical stuff.

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[ImperialRussia]

Na it's illegal you have to accept marriage for life if you that willingly want to marry someone until death.

[Occidens Praseodymia]

It's legal if the spouse consents to them doing said activity.
If that isn't the case, then no punishments are issued, the devastation of a divorce is enough.

[Neutraligon]

Illegal, punishment is hot lead poured down throat that burn insides.

Why down the throat? This punishment below seems more appropriate.

*** Warned *** for violating pg 13

[Torculmania]

In Torculmania, the current president, Karl Esfand has made adultery illegal to appease the religious people in the country after they made several demands. The punishment for adultery varies, sometimes it results in a 600 constellation dime fine, and sometimes it results in imprisonment for one week to one month.

[The Thalassocrats]

Adultery is uncommon. Men are permitted multiple wives by law and mistresses must be agreed upon between a husband and his wife/wives. A mistress differs from a wife in several key aspects.

- Firstly, what is the difference? A union (the term marriage is reserved for religious/cultural contexts) in the Republic is a permanent venture to 1) create a stable environment for the raising of children, 2) unite the financial and decision making power of the union of the adults and their associated business families and clans, and 3) stabilize and regularize relationships. Mistresses do not partake in any of these processes. A relationship with a mistress is often more for personal satisfaction than for business purposes.

- In the Republic, many decisions concerning health, finance, property, wills, inheritances and similar important decisions require the consent of all partners of a family (the husband and his wife or wives). Mistresses are not afforded a legal input in the affairs of the husband and his family.

- So why have a mistress?
Mistresses in the past were often women who did not have suitable business backing in her familial lineage to become a wife or did not possess the acumen to create a business of her own (which was and is highly encouraged). Originally they were essentially personal prostitutes who survived off the gifts of their master. They were essentially pressure free relationships as your wife was/is also your business partner.

- Why be a mistress?
Young women would become mistresses to secure a financial future if they were starting out in the lower rungs of society. The smarter of them would make their masters their mentors and eventually use their's masters knowledge and financing to start businesses of their own. Many often use it a stepping stone to become a wife if they are of lower means. Sometimes successful women even become mistresses because they don't want to merge their businesses with a man's or are not interested in having children.

- Why would a wife allow a mistress?
Wives allow mistresses for several reasons. Often they wouldn't mind if their husbands sought sexual pleasure elsewhere so long as he remained emotionally committed to her and the other wives. As stated elsewhere, being a mistress was often used as a trial run to being a wife.

- Mistresses are also allotted some legal protections. If she becomes pregnant and bears a living child, she is automatically upgraded to a wife. Even though she isn't a wife, it is considered a formal relationship and thus a master must provide certain basic comforts.

This was a bit long but essentially, there isn't much space for adultery. Why do it when there is not reason to hide anything from your spouse(s)?

[Barfleur]

Adultery is legal throughout Barfleur, but societal attitudes towards it vary by region. In the more cities, on the coasts, and in some more liberal villages, it is accepted openly, whereas in the more conservative interior provinces, it is frowned upon. On the civil side, adultery is grounds for divorce.

[Frei Saarland]

Adultery is not illegal in Saarland. Although it is generally looked down upon, especially for politicians. Adultery is often used as a reason for divorce.

[Steampunk France]

Adultery is grounds for divorce. It is also a private crime, punishable on the application of the spouse by a fine of 100-2000 francs, with or without imprisonment for three months to two years. The same penalty applies to the accomplice to the adultery. The penalty against a spouse can be remitted on the submission of the expressed written forgiveness of the adulterous spouse by the wronged spouse.

Prosecution of spouses is fairly uncommon, despite 1 in 10 spouses having admitted to having been unfaithful. Prosecution of accomplices to adultery, by contrast, is much more common.

[Great Nortend]

Adultery is an offence under canon law, punishable in the ecclesiastical courts with amercement, corporal punishment or imprisonment. It is also a cause of action in tort suable in the Court of Common Chamber by the husband against his wife. A related tort is conversation, suable by the husband against the other man, whence derives the common dual action of adultery and conversation.

Divorce at canon law is possible in Great Nortend by petition to the bishop via ecclesiastical courts. The bishop, exercising spiritual power not temporal or legal power, will release from the sacramental vows and bonds of matrimony normally only for “grievously flagrant and open” fornication, or extreme moral faults such as attempted murder, prostitution of the spouse, &c. which strikes at the heart of the marriage. Such a divorce is also recognised at law.

[Hobbes Dystopia]

Adultery is legal in the Dystopia. The state is more interested in seeking and crushing dissent than adultery.

[TURTLESHROOM II]

Adultery, like fornication and cohabitation, are illegal in TurtleShroom. Punishments for adultery vary by Parish, realm, city, or estate. Only one Parish (Axebundle) prescribes life in prison, the maximum penalty allowd under the Constitution.

Under TurtleShroomian law, the innocent party has a right to sue their betrayer in civil court, as well as suing the man or woman with whom the adulterer betrayed the innocent party. Adultery is grounds for a faulted divorce (divorce in TS must have a reason). In divorce hearings, the innocent party is entitled to first pick in the entire estate, as well as exclusive rights (if desired) of any offspring, and all land and real estate. If the couple has a prenuptual agreement (and all TurtleShroomers are urged by the state to get one), it is honored instead.

Furthermore, depending on the nature of the crime and the realm the crime was committed in, adultery can also be punished by child support, alimony, public shaming, corporal punishment, and more.

Under TS law, an adulterer cannot receive any custody unless the innocent party consents.

Fees, alimony, child support, and punitive fines sustained from adultery cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, nor can the legal costs thereof. TurtleShroomian law requires an adulterer to be tried in the designated Divorce Courts, separate from all other judicial institutions.

Divorce judges are appointed by the Crown and exist only on the imperial level. While any Christian can become a divorce judge, Divorce Courts are, de facto, ecclesiastical courts because the Crown has almost unanimously appointed clergymen to the offices.

[Haremm]

It is illegal and abhorred by the majority. There is a loophole though since polygamy is legal, one can marry his mistress and thus avoid legal punishment.

The punishment is a fine (depends on the severity) to the legal wife/ves and imprisonment for up to 3 years.

[Amosainta]

Legal I suppose

[Allumeer]

Adultery isn't illegal (though at least one major party, the Populists, think it should be) but it is frowned upon. Adulterers lose the right to refuse a divorce or request spousal support payments, and are liable to being excommunicated from the Temple for a period of time as well

[Aikoland]

The law criminalising adultery in Aikoland was repealed in 1971. It can be used as grounds for divorce, however.