Population Control In Your Nation

[The Worst Country in the World]

Population control is not even in the minds of the high officials of the government. The more the merrier.

[Viridi Naturia]

It would be considered unnatural to control the population growth. It is encouraged to have as children as possible.

[The Vrree Nations]

Various methods have been used at different times and places, including contraception, sterilization, abortion, infanticide, and adoption. Population control is very much in the minds of the people, because among Vrree multiple births (two or three kits per litter on average) are the norm rather than the exception, and we try not to overextend our local resources and environment. These methods, while strongly encouraged by the culture, have usually never been imposed by force. The issue is less pressing these days now that we have colony worlds, but we still make an effort not to reproduce too much.

Four kits are widely considered to be the ideal number. Surplus kits are often put up for adoption, and said kits are often adopted by families with less than four.

[Pherdistan]

The government enacts few to no population control methods. Contraceptives, birth control technologies, and abortions are available on demand, however, and usually covered by the national health system. In order to counteract possible population decline and demographic issues with large senior populations, the government has enacted generous benefits, including a $1 000 lump sum for every foal (equivalent to about 6% of an annual salary), and paid parental leave up to 12 months, as well as free, cheap, and accessible daycare and public schooling. The current fertility rate remains at about 3,3 foals per mare, but is expected to decline, with the government planning on increasing incentives to have children as the population becomes more urban, with the intention of keeping fertility rates above 2,1 foals (the replacement rate).

[Appalatchia]

Population control is not actively practiced, although abortion and contraception are both legal. Appalachia currently has a fertility rate that is just over replacement level, making active population control unnecessary. In fact, due to a slight decline in the birth rate and concerns that it may fall below replacement level, the government has been considering increasing immigration quotas within the next few years.

[Langenberg]

There is a saying in the August Commonwealth which goes a little something like this.

"Condoms? What are those?"

It is spoken with a certain degree of humor, but it is also very telling as to our thoughts on population control and related concepts.

[Devernia]

It's not practiced.

[Reyrvollr]

No laws exist for population control in our nation; in fact, it's common for families to have 3 or more children.

[Langenberg]

No laws exist for population control in our nation; in fact, it's common for families to have 3 or more children.

It's basically the same here. We don't all crowd in around the coasts and buy nonsense about overpopulation, so families usually have several offspring.

[Ulan-Ata]

We don't need no population control. Recently we had a disaster with our latest dam project flooding a couple of villages and thus causing us landing up in the top 11% of nations with highest death rate. (The idiot who miscalculated the stability is gonna be sent to gulag btw - so again one guy less)
There is no maximum number of children. But we allowed abortion which might help keeping our population from escalating.

[Longweather]

Population control only exists in the Imperial Dominion in the manner that volunteer colonists are selected for planetary colonizing expeditions based upon professions/skills needed. In fact, the Imperial Dominion has a robust progenation program (taking DNA samples for individuals to create self-propagated but mildly, genetically dissimilar peoples) to shore up the numbers.

[Krumolia]

Our nation has no need for population control. In fact, we are suffering from shrinking birthrates.

[Democratic Exodian Territories]

Population control isn't a problem in Exodia. A low population is.

[Destructive Government Economic System]

If it was ever a problem in the DGES, then we would send the excess slaves into the Void for disposal. They have no chance of returning to the physical world, and since the slaves themselves are mindless skeletons, they won't even think of going back to the DGES.

[Koem Kab]

We force population growth despite our huge population. We can never have enough people in the military, or making money.

[Vallermoore]

We have experimented with child licensing but it just caused unrest.

[Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft]

In the CTM, with transhumanism rendering most of the population practically immortal, under the Population Control Act 2067 any family wishing to have children must pay for legal permission to have a child (the price exponentially increases with the number of children, starting at MB-5,000 for the first child, does not increase if they have twins). If a woman becomes pregnant without legal permission, she is legally required to pay before 24 weeks or have an abortion. However, most of this is not necessary as the CTM has a very low fertility rate anyway, and recent immigrants are exempt from this legislation

Edit: A large population is no longer necessary for economic growth or military strength (national service is illegal anyway under the constitution) due to advances in robotics technology

[Peraya]

Having children is encouraged! Actually we struggle with quite the opposite - a falling fertility rate - and so incentives are offered by the state for having children and bringing up the next generation