Free speech in Eurth

Various countries of Eurth have different regulations on freedom of speech and speech-related matters.

Active Nations

Country	Guarantee of Free Speech?	Censorship?	Online Speech	Criticism of Government	Defamation	Hate Speech	Incitement to Violence	Obscenity	Sedition	Blasphemy
Batsweda	Legal	Legal	Legal	Legal	Civil suits possible	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal
	The Batswedan constitution enshrines the right to freedom of speech, thought, and personal belief "within civil and reasonable means", with hate speech, sedition, and blasphemy explicitly referred to as "unreasonable or dangerous to society".
Dolchland	In Private	Legal	Legal	Legal	Illegal	N/A	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal
	Defamation, slander, sedition, obscenity, and heresy are all illegal when in public. When in private obscenity, heresy, defamation, and slander are legal. That said, freedom of speech does not constitute freedom from punishment. If your words are found to be damaging, forced upon others, or dangerous, you may be brought to court over them.
Garindina	In Private	legal	No criticism of the Royal Family allowed	No criticism of the Royal Family allowed	Illegal	legal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Legal
Ionio	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Civil suits possible	Illegal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Legal
Mavran	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Civil suits possible	Illegal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Legal
Pentium	Legal	None	Legal	Legal	Illegal if proven to be false	Illegal	Illegal if action is taken	Legal	Illegal if action is taken	Legal
Per-Aten	Mandated Caste Based Restrictions	Legal	Illegal	Not of the Royal Family or higher Caste. otherwise open	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal
	No Legal protections
Poja	Yes	None	Uncensored	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Illegal	Legal
Seylos	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Civil suits possible	Illegal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Legal
Stedoria	Legal	If deemed a threat to national security.	Legal	Excessive criticism can lead to arrest and/or criminal charges.	Legal if directed at individuals or institutions outside of Stedoria.	Legal if directed at ethnic groups outside of Stedoria.	Legal if directed at individuals or institutions outside of Stedoria.	Legal	Illegal	Legal
United Republic	Legal	Illegal	Uncensored	Legal	Civil suits possible	Civil suits possible in certain jurisdictions	Civil suits possible if action is undertaken by the person who incited, or if the incitement caused violence.	Legal	Illegal	Legal
Zaxar	Yes	None	Uncencored	Legal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Legal	Illegal	Illegal on Sacred Lands

Defunct Nations

Country	Guarantee of Free Speech?	Censorship?	Online Speech	Criticism of Government	Defamation	Hate Speech	Incitement to Violence	Obscenity	Sedition	Blasphemy
Batengdei	Legal	Legal	Legal	Requires BRP Membership. Usually ignored.	Any defamed person may legally seek an honor duel.	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Illegal	Legal
	Over time the Batengdeian government has relaxed policy on speech, though still maintains restriction on speech deemed, "openly hostile to the state." Honor duels are generally formally sought in court. Usually the duels are nonfatal, but in extreme situations the court may allow for a duel to the death.
Oyus	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Illegal	If not directed at any person or group, it is permitted.	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Legal
	The Free Speech Act of 1921 and the 20th Century Civil Rights Act both allow individuals to speak freely without repercussion. Only recently with the Protection from Hate Act of 2004 has incitement to violence and defamation been criminalized if considered severe enough, recognizing an individual's right to be protected from their reputation suffering in many ways.
Mauridiviah	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Within the limits of the Freedom of Expression Act	Legal	Within the limits of the Freedom of Expression Act	Legal	Legal	Legal
	The right to freedom of speech and expression is constitutionally guaranteed to all citizens without restriction. Of course, certain regulations do exist, but they are rare and difficul to prove.
Faramount	In Name Only	Universal	Censored	Illegal in Practice	Illegal	Legal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal
	The Faramontese government extensively and arbitrarily limits expression, particularly political expression. Critics of the government regularly face extrajudicial killings, torture, and imprisonment.
Cristina	Legal	Illegal	Legal	Legal	Within the limits of the Cristinese Chart of Rights	Legal	Within the limits of the Cristinese Chart of Rights and the Cristinese Non-aggression Principle	Legal	Legal	Legal
	The right to freedom of speech and expression is paramount to all citizens without restriction. Cristinese tend to show great respect to jusnaturalist principles.
Mantella	In Name Only	Universal	Censored	Illegal in Practice	Illegal	Illegal but often tolerated	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal
	The New Order extensively and arbitrarily limits expression, particularly political expression. Critics of the government often face extrajudicial imprisonment and sometimes torture.
Cashar	Free speech as long as it doesn't cause problems for government or citizenry.	Illegal. The government recognizes that censorship only encourages viewing or curiosity of the censored material.	Legal.The government doesn't even try to control this.	Excessive criticism of the government may lead to unusual and adverse events. Most criticism is allowed to go by unnoticed, though.	Illegal	Illegal	Illegal	Legal	This is allowed... to a point.	Legal, but religious groups may be able to sue for defamation.