Who protects the historical landmarks in your nation?

[The Great Zedong Dynasty]

What kind of historical landmarks do you preserve from being destroyed or altered in any way and how do you protect them from extremists and destruction?

[The Allied Tribe]

Well, we guard them with police. There aren’t too many extremists here either, and they will stop at the capital since it has something similar to an extra border.

[Thasse]

In Thasse, historical landmarks that are preserved include statues, buildings, special sites, and other art or items of cultural importance. The majority of Thasseans respect these landmarks, but the Department of Cultural Affairs may choose to employ light security if something is in danger of being destroyed or altered. Criticism and discussion over landmarks is also welcomed and considered, making it unlikely for damage to be caused in protest.

[Carmini]

What kind of historical landmarks do you preserve from being destroyed or altered in any way and how do you protect them from extremists and destruction?

Whoever owns the landmark is responsible for its protection and maintenance. Some are owned by the state or the crown - especially the Palace of the Rose, and the Amaranth Casino, both historic buildings of significance - but most other structures are privately-owned. Planning permission is required to alter any building significantly, but this is only to prevent changes that may cause harm to neighbouring properties, and does not focus on aesthetics or purpose.

HGH Police Authority protects all property form criminal damage, while the Rosethorns protect the country from foreign aggressors.

[Astares Amauricanum]

Historical Landmarks in the Empire include many things, including statues, buildings, art items, and even wilderness and maritime areas.
Depending on where they are found, they would either be protected by local law enforcement or military (for example, if a historical building houses a police station, then the local cops protect it. Or if there is an historical landmark located inside a military base, the local soldiers will protect it.); or by the Federalis Park Rangers in every other case.

As for destroying them, Astarians do not try to do that, they are people very attached to their history.

[Lillorainen]

Nowadays, most historical landmarks are usually protected by either (State) Police or private security companies, the latter usually employed by their owners, if they are in private hands, sometimes also the Cults, if it is a religious site.
The most remarkable buildings requiring special protection, and having the longest history of doing so by far, are the Lokahallir, 'Loki's Halls', in Lollerup, Visholm. As Loki is known as one of the most controversial characters of the Norse pantheon, the Lokahallir are the only place of worship dedicated to Him anywhere in the world; as a consequence, no country anywhere in the world where Norse Paganism is or historically has been the dominant faith bears or ever has born a Cult of Loki, except for Lillorainen. As a consequence, the Cult has began to employ a volunteering Order, the Lokahallavorthir, already in the 7th century, for the sake of protecting the Halls, which can be considered the most frequently attacked place anywhere in Lillorainen. While historically, the Lokahallavorthir had swords, axes, bows, and arrows in order to combat enemy forces (usually supported by other Cults, but also by secular powers), it's a security service with fairly modern equipment such as rifles nowadays, still employed, even though the Halls haven't been attacked anymore since the Late Middle Ages and even survived the 1970s Lillorainian Civil War (certainly because Lollerup was fairly far away from the Civil War's epicenters).

[The Rosary Isles]

1. Managed By The Royal Commission Of Archaeology
2. Guarded By The Royal Rosarian Police, HM The Queen's Archaelogy Department

[Dominioan]

The biggest statue in Dominioan is the "Colossus of Niña", a huge statue of the god Helios on the island near port Niña on Mars. It is constructed out of solid gold, and guarded by the Homeland Division on the infantry. Most landmarks are guarded by police, but this one has the military due to the fact that it is actually a shield generator for the entire province.

[Thermodolia]

The Federal Park Service Police along with the Thermodolian National Police Service and Bureau of Land and Ocean Management Police protect all national monuments in Thermodolia.

No national monument has been destroyed by any groups

[Victorious Decepticons]

Unlike in most nations, our historical landmarks are not things that have no other purpose, such as statues and memorial walls. Instead, they are sites that have actual historical importance due to their purpose or because of events that happened there. These sites were, and still are, also active industrial sites.

With that in mind:

The Main Refinery

The Main Refinery on Cybertron is guarded by a large contingent of elite troops. This isn't because someone may be offended by its presence and try to rip it down. In fact, everyone loves this place, sort of how every human in its right mind would love the factory that produces its favorite food.

Instead, the guards are there because the Main Refinery produces huge quantities of Energon - and Energon is our money as well as our fuel. This basically makes it so that the Main Refinery is akin to our national mint, and as you would expect, it is a huge target for thieves of all stripes. Also, since Energon is fuel as well as cash, it is a no-brainer target for hostile foreign forces. Blowing it up would be an obvious move in a war. Therefore, it needs the best possible protection.

Despite its utility, it is considered one of our two main national monuments. It is a direct sign of the strength of the Decepticon Nation and our economy. Unlike most refineries, it is set up with clear piping so the glow of Energon shines out every night, making it a beautiful sight to behold and a wayfinding landmark for those coming in from space. Of course, the "uglier" aspects of refining, such as the initial cracking of crude oil, take place behind painted stacks, but even these are kept extra-clean at all times. We want this location to be a point of pride and a destination for tourists, even though the tourists must observe from outside of the borders. Access to the facility itself is, of course, highly restricted.

The Main Foundry

This is another industrial location. Unlike the Main Refinery, there is no care taken for the looks of this place, which would only get sooty again in a couple of months if it was meticulously cleaned. Therefore, it is gritty and fairly ugly outside.

This location is a national monument because it is the location of the Final Battle Against the Autobots, and where Optimus Prime's last running instance was chucked into a smelting pit by Leader Megatron - thereby rendering the Autobot development branch of Cybertronian life extinct.

As the word "Main" implies, it is also the biggest foundry in the Empire, and processes over 100,000 tons of metal per day. This makes it an industrial marvel in its own right.

No special guards are used to protect this location. Instead, if you try to do anything to it, you will be counter-attacked by the foundrybots who work here (and anyone else who happens to be around). Every Decepticon, by law, carries at least two Standard Blasters, permanently attached, and the foundrybots will eagerly use theirs to deactivate you and make your body part of the batches of metal they're melting down at the moment. Foundrybots are also stronger than average, both because they need to be in order to physically handle all of the incoming metal, and because they pride themselves on being tough guys. Unlike many "tough guys," they actually ARE tough, and can easily take care of any troublemakers that would come to the Foundry.

Also, attacking this location would be treason, because what other reason would there be to attack it except to either interfere with national strength, or to *pauses as if this is all but unthinkable* show opposition to our victory against the Autobots?

[Madrinet]

Historic landmarks come under three categories; Royal Estates, Sites of Particular Anthropological or Scientific Interest, and Sites of National or Cultural Interest.

As is implied the Royal estates are owned directly by the King (more properly, held in trust by the Sovereign on behalf of the nation) and are guarded by the Military Household of the King, the branch of the military under the direct operational command of the King. A guard is always mounted at all Royal Estates.

Sites of Particular Anthropological or Scientific Interest (SPASIs) are protected by the Royal Corps of Carabiniers, the national gendarmerie of Madrinet. There is no 24/7 protection for these sites - there are far too many - but they are protected indirectly by strict and heavy criminal sanctions.

Sites of National or Cultural Interest are things like war memorials, museums, galleries, and monuments. Museums and galleries that have special Writs from the King are entitled to employ their own quasi-police force, which function identically as members of the local police but have jurisdiction only in the area of their museum. Otherwise, local police forces are responsible for their protection.

[Estado Novo Portugues]

The Corpo d'Inquisidores (religious military police). Originally they only guarded churches, religious sites, and high clergy officials. But now they guard all historical and cultural sites, as well as national parks. The maximum punishment for intentionally desecrating or defacing those sites is identical to the maximum punishment for blasphemy and religious vilification: death or life imprisonment. However, in cases of privately owned sites, the property owners have ultimate rights to do as they please with alterations, including demolishing the structures altogether.

[Ko-oren]

Several regional bodies and municipalities take care of protecting and maintaining historical landmarks. Depending on the site's importance and status, it's a municipal, subdivisional, or national thing.

[Tranzoria]

Just our Park Guards.

[VoVoDoCo]

The government does not designate any landmark, building, or property with any official historical status.

It isn’t negligence, it’s intentional. It is viewed by the government as a hindrance towards development and progress. Areas of historical significance are privately owned, and therefore can be neglected, refurbished, or demolished at the owners expense.

[Marhaenia]

Cultural and historical sites are protected by the Ranger Corps of the Police Forces. They are only armed with non-lethal weapons, although this depends largely on the historical value of the site itself. Older and more fragile sites are guarded with more Rangers and tourist movements are generally limited (e.g. they can't enter a certain part of a building, they can't go through a fence, they can't touch an artifact, etc.).

Musea, Galleria, Libraria, and Cinema, on the other hands, are not as heavily guarded (but still guarded nonetheless) since measures such as displaying the copies instead of the original works are implemented and is the general rule.

Natural sites such as National Parks are guarded by Park Rangers, a distinct sub-unit of the Ranger Corps. They are armed with tools not against a potentially troublesome tourist, but instead, the wildlife such as a possible stray bear.

[The Union of British North America]

The All-Union Park Watch and the Ministry of American Heritage are dedicated to the security of historical landmarks and natural preservation areas of the NAU.

[Alzatia]

Considering that all public land is owned by the Grand Duchess of Alzatia, parks and landmarks are guarded by the Grand Ducal Marechaussee, a highly trained military force whose sole purpose is to guard the Alzatian monarch and her possessions.

[Mobius and the Biscay]

Depends on the landmark. Royal residences are guarded by royal guards (who wear silver pickelhaubes and purple uniforms), local landmarks are guarded by the local police, and military landmarks are guarded by the military (who typically wear the ceremonial morion helmet and a Renaissance-inspired uniform of yellow, red, and blue when guarding military landmarks).

[Radiatia]

An overworked 79 year old civil servant named Jim.

Officially they're protected by the Federal Office of Historical Landmarks (part of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs) but they are so underfunded that Jim is the only employee.

Luckily most state and local governments also have slightly better funded offices dedicated to defining and protecting landmarks. (And extremely important landmarks such as Xerconia Castle or the Tomb of Traiyan Silviu are actually protected by the National Park service, which is surprisingly better funded.)

[Cellaronia]

Cellaronia has very strict guidelines for historical buildings. No updates or demolitions of any building built before 1980 are permitted, and even interior renovations must not change the appearance and decoration of any part of the building, including the interior. Only small renovations, like fixing the toilet or getting a new roof that looks exactly like the old one, are permitted. The Government owns some important historic sites, but others are privately owned. The penalty for demolishing or renovating a privately-owned historic building is confiscation of the building by the Government and restoration of the building to its original appearance. The penalty for purposeful destruction (i.e. rioting, vandalism) of government-owned sites is permanent imprisonment, but in the case of riots the perpetrators are often shot by the Army. As for statues and other monuments, most of the statues and monuments today are well-respected by the people, as the Government removed other monuments from previous regimes. It is a capital offense to remove any statue from its place without permission, but exceptions are sometimes made. For instance, an angry crowd once pulled down a statue of Karl Marx before the Government got around to doing so, and was not penalized. Some monuments from previous regimes are still around, like war monuments and statues of Cellaronia’s founder King James I, but most were removed and replaced by religious monuments, which is what the majority of monuments are today. There is no usual guard posting at these monuments other than local police, but the Army is usually used to stop insurrections that may endanger the monuments.

[Nachfolgia]

The Historical Preservation Act of 1880 was passed as a result of the bloody conflict that over threw the Kaiserreich. During the war and the months that followed, many ancient buildings and statues were demolished, mostly symbolic with the Kaiserreich and the Alvensleben dynasty. Much of the places of historical significance were destroyed and lost for the ages.

To ensure that it would happen again, the Historical Preservation Act came into effect. Under the law, no building, land, or statue of historical significance was to be destroyed, removed, or otherwise desecrated. The law also allowed for the upkeep and cleaning of such buildings, land, and statues to " allow their brilliance to be admired for generations to come."

The Law also called for the creation of a specialized administrative and policing unit to protect and monitor historical sites and statues. The SS Ahnenerhaltungseinheit was created to protect historical sites from vandalization, ensuring their ever lasting presence.

[Schaeftinge]

Depends on the landmark. For military cemeteries and monuments, protection is usually handled by a special ceremonial unit of guards or the military police (faldmäreshause). These monuments are more likely to receive 24 hr guarding.

For civilian or political monuments, the local militia (shuterje) or constabulary (stadreeve/landtreeve) will be designated for protection should there be an incident, but will not stand guard at all times.

[Vallermoore]

A few people will happily block our geysers with rocks if they can get away with it, or do naughty things like writing their names on things like Royal Palaces, and the Royal Rangers in National Parks and the Royal Vallermoore Police punish those who are caught with fines, caning or even short prison sentences, but it's not all that common for our landmarks to be attacked. If Fire Eater, our Decepticon Priest, catches any vandals in the First Temple of Vallermoore, he generally punches them in the belly, and blasts them if they do it again (except for the very young children and foals who are just told at that age why vandalism is bad.)

[Rheden]

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The Nasjonale Konsjerzje Maatskippij (abbrev. NKM), or the National Conservation Society, is the organization tasked with the protection of sites, structures, and objects deemed as historically significant. The organization was formed in 1954 as a government agency. It was adapted from the civilian run activist group, The Conservation Interest Society which was founded in 1894. Prior to its formation landmarks were protected through civilian petition and court rulings. The NKM was formed in 1954 by President Hokke van Tuinen, following the national outcry over the destruction of the Historic Orange Star Crossing train station in downtown Hamshorn.

The NKM's main function is the classification and affordance of appropriate legal protections to various historically significant structures, sites, and objects. As a general rule, a site can gain eligibility for nomination after having been existent for 45 years. Eligibility doesn't gurantee nomination, as the site has to been proven to be historically significant based on association to an event, broader movement (artistic or historical), person of interest, or historical community significance. Artistic significance and craftsmanship are also categories for categorization.