What is the status of freedom of speech in your nation?

[United Mexica]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech?

Yes.

Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?

Yes.

Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?

Counter-revolutionary, fascistic, racist, sexist, pro-colonial, pro-genocide, anti-LGBT or other oppressive and reactionary speech or advocacy is not permitted.

Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution?

Yes, so long as the prior exception on fascistic and reactionary speech is not infringed.

[Germanic-Prussia]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech?
We don`t have a constitution, and people are only allowed to express what the glorious leader allows them to express.

Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?
No anybody who express the wrong opinion are executed.

Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?
Free speech is banned

Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution?

People who criticize the glorious leader are executed.

[Vallermoore]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Yes
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?Yes
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? Yes. One can't
-stir up public panic for no reason when no threat exists
-urge riots or revolution
-make death threats and the like
-try and influence a trial that is going on
-name the true name of those in formal witness protection
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Yes

[Nuroblav]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech?

Our nation has no constitution...or government for that matter...

Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?

No government, but our communes endorse free speech.

Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?

Nope

Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution?

No government. Criticism of authority is common among people in Nuroblav

[Californiae]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? The Constitution of the Federated States of California gauruntees protections to the citizenry's right to free speech, assembly, protest, and a few other things in the first clause of the sovereign duties of the government. Note that the Constitution does not lay these out as privileges, it affirms their 'natural' existence and reinforces that that existence will be respected by the F.S.C. Government.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? See above.
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? Don't yell fire in a crowded room if there is no fire. Other than that, not really. Hate speech laws don't exist.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? If they didn't we'd become lethargic and idiotic.

[Wales Republic]

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[TURTLESHROOM II]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Yes.

Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Yes.

Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?

Obscenity (e.g. cursing and sex) is not considered protected speech. Also, any media published in TurtleShroom or brought into TurtleShroom is processed by a Board of Censors to remove obscenity.

Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Next to religious freedom and private property, this is considered the most important, sacrosanct freedom that a TurtleShroomer has.

[Novus Niciae]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Yes
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Yes
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? Protected speech must either be provably true or unprovable opinions and made in good faith that these conditions have been met , speech that is malicious and provably false is subject to defamation and slander laws if directed against individuals or the treason and sedition laws if it is directed against the government.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Yes , as explained above.

[Nolo gap]

people are free to say anything that doesn't advocate hurting each other.

[Agarntrop]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech?
Yes, Title II, Article 2 of the constitution states:
"No citizen shall have their right to free speech, opinion, or thought, undermined by any law."

Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?
Yes

Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?
De jure no, but there are several state and federal laws that could be argued as doing so, most notably the federal 'provocation of violence/death' statute, that provides up to 5 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine for inciting or provoking a violent crime, though this law was found to be constitutional in the 1982 Supreme Court case Peltö v. Agarna, a ruling that was upheld in 2016.

Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution?
Yes.

[K-poptopia]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? No
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? No
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? There is no freedom of speech
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Dissent is treason.

[Saarkon]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Yes.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Yes.
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? Extreme hate speech can be punished by law, but such cases are really rare.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Yes.

[Mordka]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? no
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? no it does not
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? saying anything anti-government would make you a target to the secret police.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? no they can not.

[Albion and the Pales]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? No codified constitution, however, the Rights and Liberties Act 1791 establishes "the Freedom of Speech for all Subjects to the Extent that a just and Christian Law permits."
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Yes, subject to the limitations described below.
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? The publication or display of obscene images or written words is not permitted, however, written works with "merit as literature" that contain certain obscene descriptions are permitted. Libel laws exist which prohibit defamatory words or publications issues against a person which are (a) false and (b) unreasonably damage the reputation of that person. Seditious libel/words is a criminal offence (see below) as is blasphemous libel/words, which criminalises the "issuing of words or publications which vilify, revile, hold in contempt, or contain scurrilous or ludicrous material about God, namely the Holy Trinity, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Scriptures, and the holy catholic and apostolic Church as established by law." It is also illegal to speak words or publish material "promoting, glorifying, praising, or excusing acts of terror" under the Terrorism Act.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Criticism of the government is permitted, but not direct criticism of the monarch, which is considered a seditious libel. Under some circumstances, criticism of government policy may be considered a seditious libel, especially if the monarch is blamed for any ill-effects of a policy or if a government minister is falsely accused of criminality in particularly violent terms, however, prosecutions for seditious libel on behalf of government ministers is highly uncommon.

[Champagne Socialist Sharifistan]

[code]Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech?: we don’t have a constitution in the strict sense. The coronation oath mentions freedom of religion but not freedom of speech.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?:
To a large extent it disrespects it;
Non-government newspapers are allowed and some have strong disagreements with the government but opposition political parties are banned. Communist News is also banned.
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?: yes.
Hate speech, blasphemy, slander and “your mum/yo moma” jokes are all banned so is sedition and “inciting forced collectivisation”
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution?: no.

[Nolo gap]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech?
Well the government isn't going to stop anyone from saying anything that isn't intended to promote anger or hate. It isn't spelled out explicitly, its merely beyond the direct purview at the national level.

Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?
Mostly we respect the rights of every local community to each set their own standards, but we do protect the rights of everyone to relocate from communities who's standards are less agreeable to them, to those which are more so. Actively protect the right to relocate and do so covertly if necessary.

Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?
Not really on speech itself. Local communities are permitted a wide range of what they might choose to limit or not limit, hopefully consistent with the consensus of their populations.

Basically everyone has an equal and absolute right, to think their own thoughts, dream their own dreams, and believe their own beliefs. This includes the right to not be robbed of doing so, by others demading someone else follow their own same. (or by inconsiderate nois levels for that matter) Thus we consider overt forms of advertising and prostilatizing generally equivelant to prostitution, which is however legal, (with local restrictions optional), but that's how we look at it. Instead of promotion, we encourage the use of illustrative and litterate arts, in an influentially neutral manor, as a means of communicating concepts.

Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution?
National and regional governments have no objection to any speech that is polite and considerate of one's peers. Again local authorities, are free to represent the consensus of their own populations.

Basically all censorship exists solely as a local perogative.
The nation only intervenes at that local level to prevent the abuse of individuals,
their beliefs, ideologies, ethnicities, and to prevent denial of their right to relocate.

Most of the responsibility to protect individuals from each other falls upon the local level,
but the nation can intervene to achieve this end, usually covertly,
if there is reason to suspect its failure to do so.

(thoughts are indeed things, and robbing an individual's rights to think their own, is considered no different then robbing their most valuable material possessions)

[Felsigberg]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Yes
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Yes
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? No
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Yes

[Blagorgansk]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Yes.. Kind of.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? The government may manipulate what influential people can say. Opinions can be given, but certain things may be seen as poor form. It’s best to go with the flow.
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? There are vague rules about hate speech, as well as speech deemed inflammatory. The government takes a stand against racism and discrimination. It uses the cover of hate speech to include the government and politicians.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? This is where the vague rules come in. You might be able to say, “the train service sucked”. But if an official or policeman deems this to potentially incite negative behavior, one can be prosecuted. Criticizing politicians too vehemently can also cause problems for the orator. Yet one is technically allowed to voice minor disagreement.

[The Kodyoshki]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech?No.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech?No
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech?No.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution?Yes and no.

[The Holy Columbian States]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? The 1st Amendment of the US Constitution is still in effect in most post war successor states, Columbia is no different and has retained it as the primary right of the first amendment.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? It does, the United States was widely praised for it's expansive laws promoting the freedom of speech, and many modern countries do their best to promote healthy discussion in an attempt to emulate the old world.
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? Specifically you can't say anything that could bring someone harm, such as shouting fire in a crowded room, reasonable limitations based on context of the situation.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Without question.

[Radiatia]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Implicitly, yes. Explicitly no. In other words, it's worded in a confusing way but when taken together amounts to protection of freedom of speech - it's just never explicitly stated.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Yes
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? At the moment no - convention established by various Supreme Court rulings has interpreted the vagaries of the constitution to mean that the government can neither prohibit nor censor speech in any way.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Yes

[Sodara]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? No.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? No.
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? N/A
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? No.

[Blodrike]

Simply put, freedom of speech (and any other freedom) is almost absolute in Blodrike. Even threatening, defamatory and hateful speech aren't restricted, and there aren't any public decency or disorder laws.


The fine print
You are free to say whatever you want without official interference. That is, you won't face arrest or trial (there are zero police and criminal courts, because Blodrikers are extremely opposed to a state monopoly on force). But if your speech pisses somebody off enough to hurt or kill you, you're also on your own. The state never gets involved in private disputes, even when there are deaths involved. Then again, killing has never been a taboo for vampires, at least to the degree that humans condemn it. Nobody's going to object if they think the death was deserved.

However, things could change if you're influential enough that you become famous, and not in a good way. Think Jesus, Galileo, Marx, Hitler, etc. Once your speech is seen as dangerous (inciting a popular uprising, rallying the people to overthrow the Queen, destabilizing the nation, etc), all bets are off. Queen Freya has an elite troop of soldiers, the Queen's Life Guard (Drottnings Livgardan), at her disposal. And once given the command to hunt down a traitor, they'll ruthlessly track and pursue their target, and make sure he or she's no longer a threat. But most of the time, such a person wouldn't last long enough to make it to this step. Chances are, before you can finish your revolutionary speech, you'll be booed or mobbed out of the pub, and scamper away with your tail between your legs.

[Legolannd]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Hell yes!
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Oh yes!
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? hell no. One can say whatever crap they want in public, as long as they arn't directly threatening one.
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Yes!

[Atlantarctica]

Does your nation's constitution protect freedom of speech? Yes.
Does your nation's government respect its citizens freedom of speech? Yup
Are there any limitations on freedom of speech? Hate Speech or anything that is used to intentionally cause harms to others is forbidden
Are citizens allowed to criticize the government and voice their opinions freely without fear of government retribution? Yes, if they want to tell us that we're filthy commies and we should all go fascist that's what they can do.

We'll just lock them up for being fascists... not criticizing us