1 - What would you make the legal drinking age? - 19
2 - Driving age? - 17
3 - Age of sexual consent? - 16
4 - Voting age? - 18
5 - At what age would someone become an adult (free from parental control)? - 18
6 - What types of recreational drugs (if any) would be legal?
- Pot yes
- Tobacco yes
- Cocaine no
- Alcohol yes
- LSD yes
- Caffeine yes
- Heroin no
- Other? no, not really.
*Codicil* - being caught driving under the influence of any of the above would result in immediate revocation of driving privileges for 18 months. Being in an accident while under the influence would be a mandatory ten years.
7 - Can people have guns? (if so - who and what kind?) - yes, anyone not convicted of a gun related crimed, and any firearms that can be carried by one person, not above a certain caliber...something less than 125mm, I think.
8 - What would be the name of your country? - USA?
9 - Would you have the death penalty? - yes
10 - What would be the speed limit? - Roughly the same as it is in the US now. I'd have to have a better highway system before I'd consider increasing interstate speeds outside of urban areas.
11 - What types of religions would be permitted or restricted? - All religions allowed, no restrictions, no religion in government, religious persecution is a criminal offense, polilticking by religious entites results in immediate revocation of tax exempt status.
Which of the following would be legal:
12 - Porn? - yes
13 - Prostitution? - yes
14 - Polygamy? - yes
15 - Homosexuality? - yes
16 - Stem cell resurch? - yes
17 - Human Cloning? - no
18 - Cock Fighting? - no
19 - Slavery? - no
20 - Hunting? - yes
21 - Fishing? - yes
22 - Eating meat? - yes
23 - Littering? - no
24 - Unisex bathrooms? - legal, but not mandatory
25 - Suicide? - yes
26 - Gay marriage? - yes
27 - Abortion? - yes
28 - What types of sexual activity (if any) would be illegal? - no screwing children or animals.
29 - Would your county be clothing optional or clothing mandatory? - optional within prescribed areas.
30 - Would you have obscenity laws? If so - how would you define "obscene". - I think public sex is probably unnecessary, but again, prescribed areas could be designated where it was legal.
31 - What system would you set up for collecting taxes? - flat tax with some combination of use tax.
- Income tax? (how much?) - 10%
- Sales tax? (how much?) - varies by commodity
- Import/Export tax? (how much?) - too complex to answer here.
32 - What criteria would someone need to pass to become a citizen? - Register, get a job, pay taxes, don't be on welfare, study history and language of new country.
33 - What types of people would you allow (or not allow) into your country? - convicted capital criminals, possibly violent felons
34 - What type of government would you establish? - I like democracy in lieu of a dictatorship with me at the helm.
35 - To what degree would your government be allowed to censor or restrict the media? - Zero
36 - Aside from laws - what sort of unofficial (and unenforced) cultural rules and traditions would you like to establish? For example - taking shoes off before entering someone's home. Or not eating with the left hand. - Too complex to address here.
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