Banned books in your nation

[The Free Republican Union]

The Communist Manifesto is banned, and anyone caught with it is executed by having their eyes set on fire.

[Aubado]

Publications that are prohibited from production, distribution, and owning

I. Publications that sexualize or promote sexual exploitations and uses of violence for sexual conduct
II. Publications that promote extreme violence and cruelty, including degrading and dehumanising acts (e.g., rape, torture, and abuse)
III. Publications that include instructions on the manufacturing and distributing process of illegal drugs
IV. Publications that include content denying or supporting acts of vicious atrocities (war crimes, crimes against humanity)
V. Publications that include content that can be used as instructions to commit acts of mass violence (e.g., mass shooting, terrorist attack)
VI. Publications that include misleading content on science and medicine (Note: added in 2003 after SARS epidemic)

The oldest publication banned to this day: The Hoax of the Twentieth Century (Class IV, since 1977)
The latest publication banned to this day: Myth of Vaccine: Pharmaceutical's Secret Weapon (Class VI, since 2021)

[United Inazuma]

Knowledge is power and Samurai must be well-read and educated.

No books are banned in United Inazuma. Some books have "restricted" status (i.e. erotica and some Nazi/Communist/Radical Leftist literature). "Restricted" books can only be sold in certain licensed areas or read in public libraries. We like to stay informed about our universe and whatever the outlanders are up to.

[United Inazuma]

Knowledge is power and Samurai must be well-read and educated.

No books are banned in United Inazuma. Some books have "restricted" status (i.e. erotica and some Nazi/Communist/Radical Leftist literature). "Restricted" books can only be sold in certain licensed areas or read in public libraries. We like to stay informed about our universe and whatever the outlanders are up to.

[Scratch Space Center]

Are there any books that are banned in your nation? What are they and why?

Space, space, space! (Has group space banner), but we like the banner. /stillme
Explore The Sun (Sold out)

[Mobius and the Biscay]

Books that are published or authored by a cult (e.g. Scientology, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Falun Gong, pretty much any group that is deemed to be a cult by the government.) are banned due to their damaging effects on the vulnerable.

Books that promote hateful ideologies and viewpoints (e.g. Mein Kampf, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, etc.) are heavily restricted with only history students and academics being able to access them, and with strict screenings to ensure that one doesn't just waltz right in pretending to be a history student or an academic just to get their hands on said books.

Books that promote something that the Constitution says can land one the death penalty are banned.

All other books are legal, but are at the discretion of school districts, localities, religious groups that aren't listed as a cult, non-religious groups, and individuals.

For a bit of history, books that were deemed to support "communism" or "subversive ideas" were banned from 1976 until 1994 when the military junta unbanned said books during the transition to multi-party democracy.

[Thamesholm and Wallborough]

Banned works include:

-Almost all erotic fiction (excluding some where the woman is the dominant) under the Sexist Publications Acts of 1990 and 1995.

- Almost all books of philosophy or theology written before 1960
(Under the Hate Speech Act of 2002, scriptures of recognised religions are exempt but commentaries on them are not, this is used to persecute Jews for reading the Talmud)

- Works vehemently critical of the government (under the sedition laws).

[Y3K Earth]

the diary of anne frank

it's too scary for people to read so we banned it

[The Turkmen Emirate]

Every book by Marquis De Sade
(eroticisation of rape, torture etcetera)

The Lustful Turk
(“Insult to Islam, racist attitudes and non-consensual sadism”)

The Picture of Dorian Gray
(“Homoeroticism”)

Lady Chatterley’s Lover
(“Promotion of unfaithful conduct by wives and treachery by employees Anne indentured servants”)

The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(“Obscenity”)

Seventy Two virgins by Boris Johnson
(“Racist caricature”)

Phaedo
(“Glorification of pederasty”)

Rushanama
(“An arrogant work designed to rival the word of Allah Subhana Wa Tala)

SCUM Manifesto.
(“Incitement to gender-based violence”)

Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks At Them
(“Corruption of children, incitement to gender-based violence ”)

Woke: A Guide to Social Justice.
(“Dangerous, had a role in the murder of a Muslim in Thamesholm”)

In addition, books critical of Islam may only be read by people who have a professional reason in terms of defending it (mutakallimun, Ulama, military intelligence and law enforcement).

Only military personnel (with clearance from an officer ranked Captain or above) can read the Anarchist Cookbook.

[Diarcesia]

At least for public library access, none. The rest are up to the specific dieresis to decide.

[Jinggangshan]

Most religious texts are out of national print and hard to get...and the special higher police is watching out for them. Importing one gets you on the list, but nominally they're not illegal. In 1978 the courts ruled that religiousity was a mild mental illness, that could worsen by influence of pertinent materials, and thus production was halted and library stocks destroyed or taken out of circulation.

[BikerBoi]

No literature is banned as even radical beliefs are protected under freedom of speech and expression. However, those that publish works that are clearly anti LGBT or pro fascist, racism, misogyny, imperialism or hyper-capitalism may be barred from holding public office or careers related to law enforcement, as they may be deemed an opposition to the party. Books are generally given a rating based off their content similar to ratings given to movies and video games. Books with erotic topics are generally given a 16+ rating so only people 16 or older can purchase them or rent them out. Books like 1984 and the Communist Mannifesto are actually quite common in libraries and even high schools.

[StrayaRoos]

only Literature related to Some Banned TV Show (Cough Cough South Park Cough. Cough )

[Imperial Old Mexico]

The Feminine Mystique
SCUM Manifesto
Boys Are Stupid, Throw Rocks At Them
Our Bodies, Our Selves
Lysistrata
The Woman Rebel by Margaret Sanger
Any and all other feminist literature
Feminism itself is deemed a criminal ideology "espoused only by traitors to the Raza."

[Friveria]

Are there any books that are banned in your nation? What are they and why?

Find me a list of left wing books.

[The Free Republican Union]

Friveria, a nation that knows exactly what books to ban!

[Riam]

No banned books in the Hiperurànion, quite the contrary since we have one of the most complete libraries in the whole universe.

[South Americanastan]

South Americanastan does not ban any books as it is banned in the free speech provisions of the constitution. However, individual insititutions, such as schools may ban book. This power is not often excersized due to the outrage it often creates due to restriction of speech.

[Planet Rucia]

As of late, Parliament doesn't allow any form of literacy within Keteria's public libraries, schools, businesses, and homes regarding Wakeism and Yogorism, as they depict false information without citing proper sources, any such book matching the description shall be destroyed on the spot, and anyone found in possession of such forbidden material can face up to a fine not exceeding 1 kertoite per illegal copy, questioned by the R.I.S.E. police of links to either of those religions, and if found guilty can face up to a 30-day jail sentence each count.

[Burgundy Russia]

Burgundy Russia bans a lot of oppositional or apparently anti-scientific literature; there are hundreds of titles on the blacklists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. (Although why am I separating these categories? They are the same thing, lol)

Interestingly, this does not mean that the population is not allowed to know about the existence of this literature and about its content. This means that such literature cannot be distributed "as is", but there are many MIA-approved revisions of these works. Our propagandists love to show the abomination of fascism or, for example, mock the ravings of swindlers and obscurantists.

[Deblar]

Most literature is alright, excluding books that encourage homophobia, racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia Yes, we’re woke. Cry about it

[Berusturg]

Based on the Berusturg Republic council BRP#189 established in 1946:

-any books advocating Hate speech and racism towards Berusturgens and/or recognized minority groups in Berusturg will be banned
-any books advocating and praising the Turgen Empire and/or their several genocides will be banned
-any books related to Nazism, Turgenism or the like will be banned
-any books advocating sexism and hate speech against genders and/or sexualities will be banned

although this law is no longer active and is soon to be re-established

[Caleonia]

As a result of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Caleon, Article 5, Statement 1, quoted “Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures and to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.”, there are no banned books in Caleon.

[Imperial States of Duotona]

No books are outright banned, but a very small amount have mild restrictions on their sale that if they were fully unrestricted, it would possibly advocate illegal activity (such as Mein Kampf and Industrial Society and Its Future)

The Communist Manifesto and 1984 are fine, because they just explain the ideology. ISaIF is not because it made someone do a bombing.

[Anthologica]

Being a city-state of culture and knowledge there are no banned books in Anthologica, although certain works may have restricted access in the city's Great Library if they're deemed too dangerous.