Ages of majority and license by country (Ajax)

Worldwide, the various ages at which persons are considered to be officially adults for different purposes can vary widely.

Age of political majority

Political majority refers to the ages at which persons become able to participate in political and civil life, whether that is in exercising whatever level of sufferage is open to the country's citizenry, holding public or elected office, or engaging in national service.

Voting age

The worldwide voting age varies by country. The age is usually between 16 and 21. In some countries, the voting age may differ by state or the type of vote.

Nation	Voting age	Details
Draakur	21	All natural-born or naturalized persons (excluding felons) in South Ottonia over the age of 21 are permitted to vote in elections for the Diet and for lower-polity elections.
Erishlands	17, 21	All Erish citizens at least 17 years old can vote in elections for the People’s Assembly. Those at least 21 years old can also vote in elections for the National Convention. These ages were lowered from 21 and 25 respectively in 1971. State legislatures generally follow similar limits for voting age.
Gelonia	16
Ghant	16	Lowered from 21 to 18 in 1970, and from 18 to 16 in 2010.
Gristol-Serkonos	18	Under the Section 58 of the Federal Constitution Act of 1925 and the Voting Rights Act of 1899 (rev. 1999), native-born or naturalized Gristo-Serkonan citizens are granted the right to vote at the age of 18. Section 59 of the Federal Constitution Act also grants the right for inmates to vote, upheld in Maxwell v Gristol-Serkonos (Chief Electoral Officer) [1999].
Kayahallpa	None	The right to elect ones Local Councillor(s) is granted upon completing the Kayahallpan initiation ceremonies and receiving the blessing of an Elder, which typically takes place at age 15. Persons without an Elder's blessing do not have voting rights.
Latium	17	Before 1961, the only requirements for voter eligibility were to be a land-owning, male citizen of Latium with no restrictions or mentions of age. Under the Voting Rights Edict of 1961, all Latin citizens, not felons, and even qualifying Belisarian citizens are eligible to vote in national and local elections.
Mniohuta	16	Much like the age of maturity, the age of voting is 16 in Mniohuta as per traditional cultural practices and tribal law. Depending on the age at which they were naturalised, there are certain instances where naturalised citizens may only vote after the age of 18 to ensure familiarity with the Mniohutan democratic process. Felons are typically allowed to vote even while imprisoned, though those awaiting execution are typically not afforded this right.
Ottonia	16/20	All Class B & Class A citizens are permitted to vote from the time they pass the Basic Civics Assessment. Citizenship exams can be taken beginning at the age of 16, making this functionally the voting age in North Ottonia. If a person opts against taking the BCA, they are permitted to vote in municipal and prefectural-level elections beginning at the age of 20.
Sante Reze	15	Land-owners were granted voting rights since 1502 under the Ecclesiastical Republic, which inherently included Church leaders and merchant guilds, as well as the nobility. When the Noble Republic was established in 1702, the voting rights were granted to all titled adults, where the age of adulthood was considered fifteen - this barred commons from voting even if they owned land. In 18xx, universal suffrage was enacted for all adults.
Sydalon	20	From the introduction of national elections in 1911 until 1946 only male, Catholic land or property owners were eligible to vote in elections, with limited sufferage for women in Petra. It wasn't until the Voting Rights Act of 1946 that suffrage was extended to include all female Catholics. Universal suffrage was later extended to include all citizens in 2004, though religious minorities still face difficulty at polling places.
Talahara	16	Lowered from 20 to 16 in 1895 to match the minimum working age.
Tyreseia	16	Lowered from 20 in 1970, further lowered from 18 in 1993.
Untsangasar	18	The voting age was set at 21 until 1981, when the Franchise Expansion Act broadened the right to vote to all legal adults, setting the age at 18.
Vannois	17	As of the 2002 Voting Rights Act Amendment, lowered from 20.
Vardana	18	The Constitution of Vardana calls for universal suffrage for all citizens over the age of 18.
Yisrael	21	Set from the 1954 Vote Franchise Act; lowered from 23 before 1954.

Eligibility for public office

While the requirements to hold public or government office often vary depending on the job, many countries set a minimum age at which a person becomes eligible to hold public office, regardless of the other qualifications called for by specific jobs or duties.

Nation	Minimum Age for Public Office	Details
Draakur	25	In order to hold elected public office in South Ottonia and then Draakur, a person must be at least 25. The Emergency Transitional Authority is currently reviewing proposed measures that would lower this age to 20 as part of a suite of proposed reforms.
Ottonia	20	To hold any public office in the Federation, a person must be at least 20 years of age; certain high positions, such as Premier of the FOR, have higher age limits. Additionally, for all public and elected offices above the municipal level, a person must have passed the Basic Civics Assessment, and for all federal offices they must have passed the Advanced Civics Assessment.
Untsangasar	None/21	Despite the 1981 expansion of the right to vote to 18 year-olds, all national public and elected offices remain barred to those under the age of 21, as do most high-level Banner public offices. However, many local elected positions have no statutory age restriction on them, with some even being open to people who are not even eligible to vote.

National service and conscription

Many countries operate a system of national service, often including military service, for which persons may either volunteer or be conscripted. These are the minimum (and maximum) ages at which a person may volunteer or be conscripted for national service, if such systems exist in the relevant country.

Nation	Minimum Age to Volunteer	Maximum Age to Volunteer	Minimum Age to be Conscripted	Maximum Age to be Conscripted	Details
Draakur	18	50	18	40	National service was a common requirement for most of South Ottonia's history, although in recent years it had started to wane in favor of a more professional military. Since the South Ottonian Revolution, conscription has been reinstated on the Draakur-based remnant of the UKO.
Ottonia	16/18/20	46/46/46	20/20/20	32/32/40	Ages for enlistment or conscription into the Service Corps and Guard Corps are represented by the first two values respectively, while the same values for the OFDS are represented by the third value. In peacetime, conscription does not take place for the OFDS, and conscription is only used to make up recruitment shortfalls into the Service Corps and Guard Corps.
Untsangasar	16	48	18	48	The Untsangasari military mostly uses conscription to make up enlistment shortfalls, with the result that very few people are conscripted in any given year. That said, the provisions for conscription are expansive, based on the potential need to rapidly expand the Imperial military in a short period of time.

Ages of consent and responsibility

The following age milestones denote when a person is considered to be legally an adult for the purposes of making their own decisions socially and legally.

Age of legal adulthood and responsibility

This denotes the age at which a person is considered, for the purposes of the legal system, to be legally responsible for their own actions, in matters of criminal and civil liability, as well as their ability to enter into contracts and binding agreements without the assent of a parent or guardian. In regards to criminal responsibility and civil liability, while statutes or laws may either establish a presumption of non-liability or non-responsibility for those under a certain age, this can at times conflict with precedents by which minors have been found to be responsible for crimes or held liable in civil matters.

Country	Criminal		Civil		Legal capability		Details
	Full	Qualified	Full	Qualified	Full	Qualified
Ottonia	20	16	20	16	20	16	Under Ottonian statutes, persons under the age of 20 are not considered adults, and cannot be tried as such or found civilly liable in the same way that adults can be. Moreover, contracts signed with persons under the age of 20 are considered to be made from a position of unequal power and are handled differently than contracts signed with those over that age.
Talahara	18	12	18	16

Working age

This denotes the age at which a person can legally enter the workforce, either part-time or full-time, without incurring legal penalties.

Country	Part-Time Employment	Full-Time Employment	Since	Details
Draakur	14	14	1934	Youths under the age of 14 are not permitted to engage in any wage-earning work or formally be part of the laborforce. In practice, children in rural areas often assist in agricultural labor on smaller family farms. Notably, as soon as a youth becomes eligible to enter the laborforce at 14, there are not restrictions on how many hours they can work, a holdover from wartime labor laws in the 1930's.
Ottonia	13	20	1990	Starting at the age of 13, Ottonian children can legally work as much as 10 hours per week in a family-owned business. Beginning at the age of 16, Ottonian youths can work as much as 20 hours per week. Ottonians are not permitted to work full-time (35+ hours per week) until they reach 20 years of age.
Untsangasar	14	16	1947	By statute, youths under the age of 14 cannot be part of the employment pool, nor paid an official wage. In practice, due to relatively light oversight of more traditional communities and the importance of traditional agriculture and pastoralism to the nation's economy, as well as traditional family and clan structures, it is very common for children to assist their families in animal husbandry, agriculture, or other economic activities 'off the books.'

Age of consent

Age of consent indicates the age at which a person can consent to sexual activity and/or marriage.

Country	Earliest Marriagable Age		Consent to Sexual Activity	Since	Details
	With Parent or Guardian Approval	Without Parent or Guardian Approval
Ottonia	15	16	14-16 17-20 20+	1986 (last revision)	While consent to marriage is simple enough within Ottonia, age of consent is more complicated due to the sliding nature of the age; until a youth turns sixteen, they are only considered able to consent to intimate contact with a person within two years of their age (as long as neither age is lower than 14). Once a person turns 17, until they reach the age of 20, the range expands to three years in either direction (in practice, 16-year olds that have begun A-level or secondary schooling are treated as 17 year olds for these purposes). Once a person turns 20, they are considered fully able to consent to intimate contact. Note that in the event an age range is violated, the party that incurs any penalty will be, by default, the older person.

Ages of intoxication

This indicates the age or ages at which a person is considered an adult for the purposes of consuming intoxicating or controlled substances in daily life.

Country	Alcohol		Tobacco		Cannabis		Other Controlled Substances (Please Specify)	Since	Details
	To Consume	To Purchase	To Consume	To Purchase	To Consume	To Purchase
Ottonia	16 (ABV <5%) 20 (ABV >5%)	20 (Any)	20	20	20	20	20 (Hallucinogens)	1948 1980 1977 1991	Most drugs outside of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and certain hallucinogens are illegal but decriminalized. There is active debate around the possibility of stricter legislation regarding tobacco.

School leaving age

The age at which a person is allowed to end their involvement in (compulsory) public education.

School leaving age higher   Employment age higher   Both ages synchronized   Age[s] vary by province   No information or No age set
#	Country	De jure		Years of Nonmandatory Schooling	As of	Details
		Minimum School Leaving Age	End of Secondary School
	Ghant	0	0	0	1873	Since education varies from province to province, there is wide variance in this area. Generally speaking, there are no restrictions on working part-time, while full-time employment can be gained when one is out of school.
	Latium	17		0	1977	Until 1977, the leaving age and employment age were each set at 14. It wasn't until the enactment of Education Reform and Improvement Act that both categories were raised to 17. This, however, does not create a prohibition on employment of minors, only requires those over the age of 17 to complete their secondary education, enter full-time employment, or enlist in the Latin Armed Forces. There is no requirement to obtain a post-secondary or tertiary degree, though many individuals do.
	Lyncanestria	17*	(15)*	2	1986	Until 1986, leaving age and employment age were both set at 15; the school leaving age was raised to 17 on the federal level with the School and Education Reform Act. Employment for children at 15 is confined to part-time work with eligibility for full-time employment acquired upon reaching 17, the age of majority. *States are still able to set a higher age in their jurisdiction.
	Ottonia	16		0	1950	Because persons are considered to reach partial majority at 16 in Ottonia, the compulsory phase of schooling ends at 16. Secondary school continues until the age of 20; students who do not have a specific reason to leave education are strongly encouraged to complete Standard Education, and there are penalties for failing to do so, including an increased chance of being conscripted into either the Federal Guard or Service Corps. Children between the ages of 13 and 16 can be employed in a business owned by their family for no more than 10 hours per week. At 16, a youth can seek part-time employment (no more than 20 hours per week) outside of a family business; they can apply for an exemption for full-time employment if they have terminated their schooling.
	Sydalon	18		0	1921	Compulsory education is enforced from the age of 6, with school leaving age set at 18.
	Vannois	17	(16) 17	-1	1980	Education is regulated by the Imperial Government, and as such these ages are status for all Vannois.
	Velikoslavia	16		0	1965	Velikoslavia has a nationally unified education system with both school leaving age and working age set to 16. Pupils who leave at 16 may take an apptitude test to graduate early. Velikoslavia offers reduced to free secondary school that pupils may remain in until 19 which allows them to gain significant credit towards a university degree.