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! rowspan="3" style="width:17em" |Countries and States
! rowspan="3" |Countries and States
! rowspan="3" style="width:6em" |Region
! rowspan="3" |Region
! rowspan="3" style="width:3em" |Must be<br>married
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Age of Consent
! colspan="4" |{{abbr|Limited by age|Younger partner is deemed able to consent to having sex with an older one as long as their age difference doesn't exceed a specified amount.}}
! colspan="4" |Legalities (better name here?)
! colspan="4" |{{abbr|Limited by relationship|Younger partner is deemed able to consent to having sex with an older one as long as the latter is not in a position of trust or authority, or is recognised to be abusing the inexperience of the younger one.}}
! rowspan="3" |Notes
! colspan="4" |{{abbr|Unlimited|Age from which one is deemed able to consent to having sex with anyone else or marriageable age if they must be married}}
! rowspan="3" style="width:10em" |Sources
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! colspan="2" |{{abbr|Hetero|Heterosexual}}
! colspan="2" |Homosexuality
! colspan="2" |{{abbr|Homo|Homosexual}}
! colspan="2" |Partners
! colspan="2" |{{abbr|Hetero|Heterosexual}}
! colspan="2" |{{abbr|Homo|Homosexual}}
! colspan="2" |{{abbr|Hetero|Heterosexual}}
! colspan="2" |{{abbr|Homo|Homosexual}}
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! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|M|Male}}
! data-sort-type="number" |M
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|F|Female}}
! data-sort-type="number" |F
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|M|Male}}
! data-sort-type="number" |MM
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|F|Female}}
! data-sort-type="number" |FF
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|M|Male}}
! data-sort-type="number" |3+ Partners
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|F|Female}}
! data-sort-type="number" |Unmarried
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|M|Male}}
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|F|Female}}
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|M|Male}}
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|F|Female}}
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|M|Male}}
! data-sort-type="number" style="width:1em" |{{abbr|F|Female}}
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|{{flag|Alstin}}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="table-layout:inherit; width:81em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: right"
| style="background:#BF5F5F" |[[Crona|<span style="color:white;">Crona</span>]]
| align="left" style="width:18em" |{{flagg|pspew|United States|plink=Ages of consent in North America#United States}}
| colspan="6" |16
| align="center" style="width:7em;background:LightPink" |main article here?
| align="center" style="width:5em" |No
| colspan="13" align="left" style="width:37em" |''Varies by state''
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| align="left" style="width:16em; padding-left: 2em" |{{flagg|pspw|District of Columbia|plink=Ages of consent in the United States#District of Columbia}}
|{{Flag|Austro-Caldera}}
| align="center" style="background:LightPink" |[[Ages of consent in North America|North America]]
| style="background:#BF5F5F" |[[Crona|<span style="color:white;">Crona</span>]]
| style="width:5em; text-align: center" |No
| colspan="4" |20
|{{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} ||16||16||16||16||18||18||18||18
|Illegal
| align="left" style="width:12em" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dccode.org/simple/Title-22/Chapter-30/|title=Chapter 30. Sexual Abuse|accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref>
|20
|-
|-
| align="left" style="width:16em; padding-left: 2em" |{{flagg|pspew|Alaska|plink=Ages of consent in the United States#Alaska}}
|{{flag|Caphiria}}
| align="center" style="background:LightPink" |[[Ages of consent in North America|North America]]
| style="background:#BF5FBF" |[[Sarpedon|<span style="color:white;">Sarpedon</span>]]
| style="width:5em; text-align: center" |No
| colspan="6" |16
|{{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} ||16||16||16||16||18||18||18||18
|
| align="left" style="width:12em" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title11/Chapter41/Section436.htm|title=Sec. 11.41.436. Sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. – The Alaska Legal Resource Center|website=www.touchngo.com|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title11/Chapter41/Section438.htm|title=Sec. 11.41.438. Sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree. – The Alaska Legal Resource Center|website=www.touchngo.com|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>
|-
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| align="left" style="width:16em; padding-left: 2em" |{{flagg|pspew|Alabama|plink=Ages of consent in the United States#Alabama}}
|{{flag|Cartadania}}
| align="center" style="background:LightPink" |[[Ages of consent in North America|North America]]
| style="background:#BF5FBF" |[[Sarpedon|<span style="color:white;">Sarpedon</span>]]
| style="width:5em; text-align: center" |No
| colspan="6" |17
|{{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} ||16||16||16||16
|Age of consent is 17, the most common age at which a Cartadanian citizen will have completed high school. While no law expressly prohibits polyamorous domestic relationships and many instances occur throughout the country, marriage between more than two individuals is expressly prohibited by law in all 37 [[Administrative divisions of Cartadania|administrative divisions]].
| align="left" style="width:12em" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/1975/coatoc.htm|title=Code Of Alabama|website=alisondb.legislature.state.al.us|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>
|-
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| align="left" style="width:16em; padding-left: 2em" |{{flagg|pspew|Arizona|plink=Ages of consent in the United States#Arizona}}
|{{flag|Eldmora-Regulus}}
| align="center" style="background:LightPink" |[[Ages of consent in North America|North America]]
| style="background:#5F5FBF" |[[Levantia|<span style="color:white;">Levantia</span>]]
| style="width:5em; text-align: center" |No
| colspan="4" |16
|15||15||15||15|| {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} ||18||18||18||18
|Illegal
| align="left" style="width:12em" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/01405.htm|title=13-1405. Sexual conduct with a minor; classification|website=www.azleg.gov|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/01407.htm|title=13-1407. Defenses|website=www.azleg.gov|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/01401.htm|title=13-1401. Definitions; factors|website=www.azleg.gov|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>
|16
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|Age of consent is 16. The law does not explicitly prohibit polyamorous domestic relations, it does prohibit marriage with more than two individuals. The Age of consent laws in Eldmora-Regulus do recognize a Close-in-age exemption of an age difference of 3 years or less, and if the court finds the adolescent individuals to be in a <nowiki>''</nowiki>dating relationship<nowiki>''</nowiki>, and if the act is deemed consensual. The exemption is not applicable when the age difference is below 16.
|-
|{{flag|Daxia}}
| style="background:#5FBF5F" |[[Audonia|<span style="color:white;">Audonia</span>]]
|colspan="6" |18
|-
|{{flag|Faneria}}
| style="background:#5F5FBF" |[[Levantia|<span style="color:white;">Levantia</span>]]
| colspan="2" |17|| colspan="4" |20||Couples may provisionally marry at 17 under religious custom and affirm their marriage legally at 20, with religious marriages being accepted in lieu of reaching legal adulthood at 20. Marriage and civil unions are legally synonymous in Faneria, and infidelity towards a spouse is prosecuted as a misdemeanor in most jurisdictions. As homosexuality is rarely tolerated in religious communities in Faneria, the effective legal age for the irreligious or homosexual is 20 and non-heterosexual, non-two-partner unions face some additional hurdles.
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|{{flag|Kiravia}}
| style="background:#BFBFBF" |[[Kiroborea|<span style="color:black;">Kiroborea</span>]]|| colspan="2" |16||Illegal||Hot|| colspan="2" |Illegal||Extramarital sex is illegal. State laws restrict age difference between spouses.
|-
|{{flag|Lucrecia}}
| style="background:#BF5FBF" |[[Sarpedon|<span style="color:white;">Sarpedon</span>]]
| colspan="2" |16
| colspan="4" |Legal
|Cantonal consent laws restrict age differences between partners.
|-
|{{flag|Pelaxia}}
| style="background:#BF5FBF" |[[Sarpedon|<span style="color:white;">Sarpedon</span>]]
| colspan="6" |16
|-
|{{flag|Rumahoki}}
| style="background:#BF5FBF" |[[Sarpedon|<span style="color:white;">Sarpedon</span>]]
| colspan="2" |16
| colspan="2" |Legal
| colspan="2" |Illegal
|Due to the heavy influence of the [[Catholic Church]] on Rumahokian culture, polyamorous relationships, extramarital sex, and premarital sex are illegal. Civil unions, however, are considered equal in status to marriage and thus any intimate relations that occur within a civil union are deemed perfectly legal.
|-
|{{flag|Tierrador}}
| style="background:#BF5F5F" |[[Crona|<span style="color:white;">Crona</span>]]
| colspan="6" |18
|-
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| align="left" |{{flagg|pspew|Venezuela|plink=Ages of consent in South America#Venezuela}}
|{{flag|Urcea}}
| align="center" style="background:YellowGreen" |[[Ages of consent in South America|South America]]
| style="background:#5F5FBF" |[[Levantia|<span style="color:white;">Levantia</span>]]
| align="center" |No
| || || || || || ||
|{{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} ||16||16||16||16
| align="left" style="width:12em" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mp.gob.ve/LEYES/codigo%20penal/codigo%20penal.html|title=Venezuelan Penal Code|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119060537/http://www.mp.gob.ve/LEYES/codigo%20penal/codigo%20penal.html|archive-date=19 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| align="left" |{{flagg|pspew|Guinea|plink=Ages of consent in Africa#Guinea}}
|{{flag|Vithinja}}
| align="center" style="background:Tan" |[[Ages of consent in Africa|Africa]]
| style="background:#BFBFBF" |[[Kiroborea|<span style="color:black;">Kiroborea</span>]]|| colspan="2" |18||Legal||Legal||Illegal||Mixed||Laws on homosexual and premarital relations varies between regions. Age of consent is generally poorly regulated and not often taken to court when broken.
| align="center" |No
|{{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} ||15||15||15||15
| align="left" style="width:12em" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/44a3eb9a4.pdf|title=Guinea penal code (French text)}}</ref>
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| align="left" |Sample Country
|{{flag|Yonderre}}
| align="center" style="background:(colorhere)" |
| style="background:#5F5FBF" |[[Levantia|<span style="color:white;">Levantia</span>]]
| align="center" |No
| colspan="6" |15
|{{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} ||14||14||14||14||18||18||18||18
| align="left" style="width:12em" |notes go here
 
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Kirav - Minimum marriageable age is 16. Extramarital sex is illegal.
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Yonderre - AOC 15 years of age, no (legal) limitations<references />
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Latest revision as of 15:00, 16 March 2024

Countries and States Region Age of Consent Legalities (better name here?) Notes
Homosexuality Partners
M F MM FF 3+ Partners Unmarried
 Alstin Crona 16
 Austro-Caldera Crona 20 Illegal 20
 Caphiria Sarpedon 16
 Cartadania Sarpedon 17 Age of consent is 17, the most common age at which a Cartadanian citizen will have completed high school. While no law expressly prohibits polyamorous domestic relationships and many instances occur throughout the country, marriage between more than two individuals is expressly prohibited by law in all 37 administrative divisions.
 Eldmora-Regulus Levantia 16 Illegal 16 Age of consent is 16. The law does not explicitly prohibit polyamorous domestic relations, it does prohibit marriage with more than two individuals. The Age of consent laws in Eldmora-Regulus do recognize a Close-in-age exemption of an age difference of 3 years or less, and if the court finds the adolescent individuals to be in a ''dating relationship'', and if the act is deemed consensual. The exemption is not applicable when the age difference is below 16.
 Daxia Audonia 18
 Faneria Levantia 17 20 Couples may provisionally marry at 17 under religious custom and affirm their marriage legally at 20, with religious marriages being accepted in lieu of reaching legal adulthood at 20. Marriage and civil unions are legally synonymous in Faneria, and infidelity towards a spouse is prosecuted as a misdemeanor in most jurisdictions. As homosexuality is rarely tolerated in religious communities in Faneria, the effective legal age for the irreligious or homosexual is 20 and non-heterosexual, non-two-partner unions face some additional hurdles.
 Kiravia Kiroborea 16 Illegal Hot Illegal Extramarital sex is illegal. State laws restrict age difference between spouses.
 Lucrecia Sarpedon 16 Legal Cantonal consent laws restrict age differences between partners.
 Pelaxia Sarpedon 16
 Rumahoki Sarpedon 16 Legal Illegal Due to the heavy influence of the Catholic Church on Rumahokian culture, polyamorous relationships, extramarital sex, and premarital sex are illegal. Civil unions, however, are considered equal in status to marriage and thus any intimate relations that occur within a civil union are deemed perfectly legal.
 Tierrador Crona 18
 Urcea Levantia
 Vithinja Kiroborea 18 Legal Legal Illegal Mixed Laws on homosexual and premarital relations varies between regions. Age of consent is generally poorly regulated and not often taken to court when broken.
 Yonderre Levantia 15