Travel in Sel Appa

This article is about the current 2024 edition. For the 2007 edition, see Travel in Sel Appa/2007 edition.

Sel Appa is a large country of over 1.3 billion inhabitants. It is located on the continent of Sel Appa, along with MassPwnage, Comunisticturkeys, and De Jewish Mafia. It is a quite diverse nation molding all walks of life together. With a history going back more than four millennia, Sel Appa today is quite modernised and enjoys a prosperous economy. Being a powerful and wealthy nation, it has a mixture of densely-populated urban areas with wide areas of low population and incredible natural beauty.

Get in

Customs

Customs is fairly straightforward and honesty is your best policy. Contraband, such as drugs and alcohol, must be declared. Religious use is generally exempted, unless the agent finds the claim absurd. Medicinal use simply needs a marked container and prescription. Interpretation has a wide latitude, but an ounce of cannabis will be laughed at. However, unlike most countries, you can legally store most contraband at the border until your departure. It must be sealed and registered with customs, and a fee charged. Historically, it was possible to have your contraband delivered to another port, if different from entry, however that program was eliminated during budget cuts in the 2010s. If this option does not work, customs agents will dispose of your contraband without a fuss. Anything smuggled into Sel Appa after this is strictly punished, and will likely result in deportation.

Animals and agricultural products are generally permitted, but may result in additional questioning. Endangered or sacred animal products (eg. turtles) are absolutely forbidden and will be seized and destroyed. Artifacts and treasures are generally permitted if proof of purchase or ownership can be provided.

Transport of arms and explosives is legal, but must be declared and registered. A visitors carry permit may be issued. Transport of money is not really restricted, but agents have the right to refuse entry to someone who appears to be a mule.

Respect

Sel Appa is somewhat an outlier in being economically left, but socially conservative yet secular. One might think they were in a theocracy going by the attitudes of Sel Appans who frown upon drug and alcohol use, prostitution, abortion, and homosexuality. All are illegal, officially. Alcohol and drugs are permitted for private religious purposes, but public use is illegal and despised. It is generally advised to homosexual travelers to be discreet. Public displays of affection are broadly taboo, but behind closed doors, citizens arent nosy.

However, in recent years as stable Liberal Party leadership opened Sel Appa up, values have loosened. National law enforcement ceased to regulate drugs and alcohol beyond importation, and deprioritised anti-homosexuality laws. Provincial governments vary in enforcement. Historically, arrest and deportation were possible. In the 2020s, police generally tell violators to knock it off. In rural and working class areas, vigilantes are known to enforce their views, albeit more bluster than action. In more modern, urban areas, there is a more quiet tolerance.

Sel Appans are an open and welcoming people who love all cultures, no surprise given the diversity within. Racism is rare, but not illegal. Hate speech is not restricted, however racist comments might get dirty looks at a minimum. Christianity and Islam are both illegal, but only in public practice; private worship is private. Environmentalism has a deep current in Sel Appa, across the populace, almost a national religion. Desecrating nature is illegal and harshly punished.

Politics can be sensitive with the recent Russian secession being very divisive, and other subnational movements with various levels of influence. Anvorbuod separatism has tempered out, but residents there consider themselves different. The monarchy, recently abolished, still has supporters, especially on Fizroe Island and around the Bay. Republican sentiments are generally unwelcome.