Polygamy in your nation

[Aikoland]

Both polygamy and polyandry are officially illegal in Aikoland, as our nation's marriage laws only recognise marriage to one other person. Of course, adultery is not illegal, so it is fully possible for someone to have a relationship with multiple partners, but only one partner can be legally recognised under the law.

[New Astri]

Polyamory is fairly socially acceptable & polygamy is legal. Polyamorous people are statistically rare, so polygamy isn't particularly common, but it's not illegal.

[Gr8 Britn]

It is one of the core principles of the Britnish Constitution that the government has no right to interfere in any way in the romantic or sexual affairs of consenting adults, and as such, in that regard anything goes.

[Radiatia]

Polygamy is legal in Radiatia under a technicality.

It is legal and recognised in 10 states while the remaining 35 states do not explicitly allow it.

However, thanks to a landmark Supreme Court ruling in the case Borslov vs Amentra, the court ruled that polygamous marriages in those 10 states must be recognised by the other states and that non-polygamous states do not have the right to annul polygamous marriages although they may continue refusing to give marriage contracts to those seeking more than one partner.

[The Panselian League]

POLYGAMY IN THE PANSELIAN LEAGUE

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Though frequently appearing in myth and stories are kings and princes who marry more than one woman, as well as documented historical Selian states whose rulers similarly embraced such a practice, the re-emergence of pagan-dominated Selian states in the 13th and 14th centuries CE saw in very few cases the toleration for this practice. Monogamy has been broadly accepted and promoted to ensure all male citizens of a given state have an opportunity to acquire a wife for the furthering of their own familial line, for producing new citizens for the state, and to personalise that which he fights and provides for. With the emergence of the League in the 15th century, and its slow expansion to incorporate all Selian states outside of the Kingdom of Pontus, the monogamist character of the states that founded the League has been successfully imposed on all member states.

Citizens of the League, and thereby of the cities that comprise them, may declare only one woman to be a lawful wife by which legitimate children are begat. This marriage is arranged by families, and has little overview by the state, with the formal customary process of engagement and dowry marking the union publicly as a marriage. For women in particular, marital fidelity is absolute, though the toleration of same-sex partners can vary from prohibited to accepted in different families, balancing the incapability of another woman threatening a male-traced line of descent, as well as a perception in the unnatural union of women in the bedroom.

Selian men by contrast are permitted extramarital relations for the same reason, as no pregnancy by any of these women can possibly be mistaken for pregnancy by his wife, and thus pose a threat to legitimacy. It is within this extramarital context that one finds the complex social status of the concubine, which in the absence of any legality for having two or more wives, serves as a de facto polygamy tolerated by society. Concubines can either be slave women, captured during times of war or trafficked into the country and purchased or retained by a single owner for sexual slavery, or they can be free women of varying class, who voluntarily submit to a hierarchical relationship not unlike sex slavery, forfeiting any perceived ownership of their bodies to their patron, but still belonging to the free class of their origin. These women can essentially fulfil the role of a wife, either instead of one or in addition to one.

It is typically only the aristocracy, as well as those who are not of noble birth but are wealthy through personal endeavours, who keep a concubine. Though the status of the wife is never in question, being as she is the only source of legitimate heirs, as well as possessing a natural superior status to any women whose sole commodity is sex, these relationships can be seen by wives either with acceptance, passive indifference, or stubborn opposition and jealousy. With marriages being arranged, a man's choice of concubine may be closer to his heart and lead to her supplanting the legal wife in his affections. Not all in Selia possess a positive view of concubinage, regarding it as a real and potent threat to familial and thus social order. Others regard the balance as one maintained by force of will, working only if a man can command the obedience of both wife and concubine to such an extent that their submission to him outweighs any rivalry they perceive between themselves.

This unofficial polygamy continues to be tolerated, if only barely in some cases.

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[Gandoor]

Polygamy is de facto banned (there are no laws that specifically ban it, but our constitution defines marriage as 'a consenting union between any two persons of legal age') although there are no laws that officially or unofficially ban polyamory.

[Batea del Nord]

Polygamy is not was not prohibited by law.
But, laws only recognize the marriage of one person to another person. Divorce is legal. Not only Man-woman also same sex marriage is also legal. Adultery is not penalised.

Poliamorous relationships are not legal. They are not penalized but they are not legally recognized neither. If you are officially married and you have children out of your wedlock you can recognize the paternity of your children but not recognize the other progenitor as couple.

[HUElavia]

Polygamy was some years ago legal in HUElavia, due to civil rights and religious freedom defending it. Although, it was found that some people were using Polygamy to marry minors, and it sparked outrage in the country.

Thus, Polygamy became illegal in HUElavia, and people can be put into jail if engaging in any sort of Polygamy.

Polygamy was also used as a way for people to cheat on spouses, and it was another loophole they abused.

[Lisander]

Polygamy isn't acknowledged by law in Lisander, neither to allow nor to criminalise. However, recently, some cases of relationships between three people at the same time appeared on media.

One of the most famous involved Eric and Mariano Davies, a male homosexual couple that decided to pay Larissa Anvers, a heterosexual woman, to be a surrogate mother. The original plan was for Anvers to be impregnated by artificial insemination. However, due to the high costs of the procedure, they decided to try the "natural method". In the end, both men allegedly "fell in love" with her. Currently, the three are living together as a family, as the parents of Alice, a beautiful baby girl born to Larissa with the spermatozoids of one of them. Both Eric and Mariano decided not to do a DNA test, as they both say they feel they are the "father" of the baby girl. For the registry, only Eric and Mariano are married.

[Greater Victora]

Polyamorous Marriages are legal and not regarded as taboo.

Marriage in Imperial Culture is regarded as an 'unbreakable promise' and is a binding contract in Imperial Law. The Lex Imperialis stipulates that for a marriage to be polyamorous (and not adulterous, which is illegal), consent is required by all current parties in the marriage.

[Ancapimania]

Every kind of polygamy is legal in ancapimania,same sex polygamy is legal but the max spouses you can have is 582

[Clton]

Marriage isn't officiated by the government of Clton and victimless crimes are unconstitutional as such the legality of Polygamy of both Same-Sex and Hetero types are legal

[Jinkara]

Polygamy and polyandry are legal as are same-sex relations; however, due to cultural impacts, it's viewed negatively. Only our royal family actually practices Polygamy, but private citizens still are allowed to legally be married to multiple people.

[Ventalia]

Polygamy is legal in Ventalia - it is possible to have multiple husbands and wives (or even a mix of the two), but clear legal and contractual property and childcare definitions must be outlined in advance. It's a whole legal mess of documents. Filing for divorce or annulment is also very easy, so prepare for confusing and detailed legal battles... Nevermind the effort in keeping everyone involved happy in the first place.

In others words, it's legal but who has the time?

[Wormfodder Delivery]

Polygamy is legal in the lands of the WDS, only males with several Deliveryworms though, since that actually has a practical benefit.

[Nuwaubia]

Polygamy is legal for black men, but not for anyone else.

[The Dodo Republic]

yes

[Disgraces]

Marriage and homosexuality are illegal in Disgraces.

[Veskeland]

Polygamy is legal in Veskeland, but only between consenting adults. Before getting a polygamist marriage license partners must schedule an appointment to make sure everything is consensual and lawful.

[Astellaris]

Polygamy and all forms of it is completely illegal throughout the empire, for we believe it is immoral and a degeneration of the human race. Sexual intercourse with multiple partners are fine but only if not married yet.

[The Solan Autonomy]

In the Solan Autonomy, marriage is completely unregulated. It is thought that the codification of such an institution would stagnate cultural growth, and that if people want to be married, the law need not be involved. As such, polygamy is totally legal, though its social acceptability is going to vary from planet to planet.

[Mayakava]

Polygamy is legal and recognized, in the brother-land, but all partners have to accept
and be informed, for this relation to be considered polygamous, and not cheating,
polyandry and polygamy is legal for all citizens, who can marry up to 4 spouses of men and women,
and same-sex polygamous marriages, are legal

[Tyvertsia]

Marriage is taken very seriously in Tyvertsia, and it is strongly believed that it should only be done once. While not outlawed, polygamous marriages suffer from the same deep stigmas as remarriage. It is not unheard of to have concubines or consorts, however, though it is rare and often frowned upon.
The Old Drevelians, the predecessors of the Tyvertsians are said to not believe in marriage, sometimes having multiple partners, even occasionally of either sex, though this is not supported by existing evidence. Many surviving Old Drevelians and those that study Old Drevelian civilization claim that marriage was usually only done after a relationship had existed for a long time, and was mostly a rite to ensure they could be together in the afterlife when they joined the realm of the Gods, and that the rite could be done between multiple partners, though it was uncommon.
Same-sex marriages (though not relationships) in general are viewed with a slight stigma in Tyvertsia, as they cannot have children, though a queer polygamous marriage would suffer from the same stigma as any other.

[Goviria]

Marriage is defined as a union between two adults; there is this no legal definition of polygamy in Goviria. However, this alone does not rule out polygamous marriage, which was made illegal in the court case Sanchez v. Goviria, where the ruling explicitly stated "the definition of marriage does not make room for one person in multiple unions; a union between two persons is exclusively between those two persons. As such, this definition does not allow for other concurrent marriages involving those adults."

[Imeriata]

While frowned upon in mainstream society amongst Scanderans is it still a common practice amongst several ethnic minorities so the practice remains not only legal but also socially acceptable for people from those groups, however despite that is monogamy still generally seen as the most appropriate type of marriage and polygamy practiced by people outside of those groups would be highly frowned upon.

One good Example are the Malings, a mixture of Scanderans and Malgreaveans that has integrated into the federation. Having high infant mortality amongst boys has massively skewed the gender ratio in this ethnicity in favour of women. This has resulted in mass marriages being common where men marries not just a woman but all her sisters as well to marry into that family.