Prostitution in Pardes

The following is a list of states of Pardes based on their laws on prostitution. Prostitution, as an activity, has a different status of legality from one Pardesian country to another.

Country	Prostitution	Solicitation	Procurement (pimping, brothels etc.)	Regulated?
Anikatia	No	No	No	No
Shortly after taking power in 1951, the Communist People's Party of Anikatia embarked upon a series of campaigns that purportedly eradicated prostitution from the DSRA by the early 1970s. These efforts were largely successful although the prostitution industry simply went underground like many banned services in the DSRA. But since the fall of the DSRA in 2001 there was a loosening of government controls and the post-DSRA recession led to prostitution becoming much more visible, spreading throughout both urban and rural areas. The corruption and poverty and foreign trafficking from Kolenomai and Ashizwe led to that the government to crackdown on the issue and in recent years it has made significant strides in its enforcement efforts. Human trafficking was outlawed and penalties for prostitution increased. Despite these legal sanctions and police crackdowns, prostitution continues to flourish as sex workers continue to actively resist the state's activities.
Belhavia	No	No	No	No
Harlotry has been severely condemned by the Torah and Talmud, and it has remained illegal throughout history. During a modernization of early modern laws and statutes in 1819, the laws against prostitution were recodified with unanimous agreement, and have never been challenged until the rise of feminism globally by the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s. However, the uproar across Belhavian society when President Vern Callan decriminalized and regulated prostitution in select urban areas in 1973 - dubbed by its critics as 'Harlot Zones' - caused a political backlash, and the practice was re-criminalized with strong bipartisan majorities in 1976. Lately, the laws have been under superfluous attack by the growing libertarian movement in Belhavia, but the laws enjoy near-unanimous support in public polls.
Template:Country data Canaan	No	No	No	No
Eagleland	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes
Despite being a socially conservative country, the Eagleland maintains some of the oldest laws in Pardes regarding the legality of prostitution, in effect since 401 BCE, with several alternations during the last two centuries. Any person has the right to enter the prostitution industry, but said activities are legitimate and therefore taxable by the state at all levels (federal, state, municipal), and fees charged by prostitutes must include VAT. Furthermore, brothels must be registered with a local law enforcement authority and pimping is prohibited by law (it is considered enslavement, a very serious felony offence). Illegal brothels are frequently targeted by police and their managers (not the prostitutes per se) will be imprisoned and fined heavily. What must also be noted are the frequent health and safety inspections of brothels and prostitutes, which also means that mistreatment of the latter will not be tolerated by the authorities. Furthermore, there is an amnesty system in place for smuggled prostitutes, under the People Smuggling Act 1997, which allows specific categories of natural persons illegally smuggled into the country (which includes prostitutes) to claim an asylum visa and eventually permanent residence.
Template:Country data Estovnia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Template:Country data Neidmar	No	No	No	No
Template:Country data Prestonia	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes
Prestonia has a rich tradition of female (and, to a lesser extent) male escort services, which have become something of a cultural icon. These are not always sexual in nature; the geisha, erudite female companions whose purpose is to provide light entertainment and conversation, are one such example of nonsexualized escort service. Prostitution has never been officially discouraged by the dominant Kando faith, and the extent to which the trade has been regulated has varied throughout history. At present, neither the sale nor purchase of sexual services is prohibited, but both parties must be at least seventeen years of age to partake. Sexual trade workers (to include prostitutes, exotic massage parlour personnel, gigolos, strippers, and go-go dancers) must be licensed and undergo regular medical examination and seminars on safe sexual practice; unlicensed work in the sex trades industry is a misdemeanor. Houses of sexual trade (e.g. brothels, strip clubs, and exotic massage parlours) are required to be licensed as businesses, and to obey all relevant laws concerning zoning, hours of operation, and fair employment practices. The laws are presently structured to require that prospective sexual trade businesses provide a physical address at which services are tendered; as such, street pimping is de-facto illegal.
Tarsas	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes
The purchase of sexual services went on unregulated throughout the Empire, with the sale of prostitutes fully illegal until 1803, when the Freed Man's Decree of 1803 ended slavery in all forms. The sale of women, along with forcing them to prostitute themselves, became strictly illegal. When the Minor Protection Act of 1896 established the age of consent to be 16, purchasing sexual services from minors became illegal. In 1960, the Pleasure Worker's Database was created, requiring all prostitutes to be registered on a government database. Prostituting on street corners was banned, requiring all prostitutes to work in a brothel. All brothels were also required to register and get a license to operate, which came with strict safety and sanitary regulations along with regularly bi-yearly inspections. A sex worker can be required to show her license at any time. Any brothel that uses unregistered prostitutes is shut down and the owner can be fined up to 100,000 harkans and spend up to 30 years in prison.