人权法律

参见：Laws

The numbers in green refer to the number of alternative laws currently available to be enacted in that sub-category.

Enshrining the rights of the individual rights of the individual was a hallmark of the era. These laws define how pops are treated and what manner of control can be enforced over their lives.

Free Speech determines the degree of control the player can enforce over the interest groups but restrictive rights throttle the spread of innovation.

The Labor Rights laws include outlawing serfdom, but extends all the way to establishing a workplace safety institution to reduce the number of people literally crushed in the jaws of industry.

Children's Rights and the Rights of Women have a number of effects such as shifting the workforce/dependent demographics, affecting dependent income, and extending the franchise.

Welfare ensures the poor and disabled in the society are taken care of. Migration laws can be used to influence pop migration. Slavery laws determine the legal status of owning people in the country.

Children's Rights

The rights and protections afforded to children.

Law	Requirements	Effects	Change limitations?	Stance
Child Labor Allowed No legal restrictions are placed on where children may work.		+30% Dependents income +3 Max education system institution investment +5% Mortality of: Farmers Laborers Machinists Peasants	Restricted Child Labor	AAA
Restricted Child Labor No child is permitted on the factory floor.	Labor Movement	+15% Dependents income +4 Max education system institution investment +2% Mortality of: Farmers Laborers Machinists Peasants	Child Labor Allowed Compulsory Primary School	AAA
Compulsory Primary School All children must attend several years of primary school during which they're prohibited from working.	Human Rights	+5 Max education system institution investment	Restricted Child Labor	AAA

Free Speech

Laws regulating free speech and right to public assembly.

Law	Requirements	Effects	Change limitations?	Stance
Outlawed Dissent Criticizing the government is considered treasonous and illegal.	Political Agitation	+200 Authority +50% Promotion impact on interest group attraction −50% Suppression impact on interest group attraction −20% Technology spread	Censorship	AAA
Censorship There is active censorship of the press and no guaranteed right of assembly.	Law Enforcement	+100 Authority +40% Promotion impact on interest group attraction −40% Suppression impact on interest group attraction −15% Technology spread	Outlawed Dissent Right of Assembly	AAA
Right of Assembly Citizens enjoy the right to public assembly.	Democracy	+50 Authority +30% Promotion impact on interest group attraction −30% Suppression impact on interest group attraction Unlock Guaranteed Liberties law	Censorship Protected Speech	AAA
Protected Speech The protection of free speech is enshrined in law.	Human Rights	+25% Technology spread Unlock Guaranteed Liberties law	Right of Assembly	AAA

Labor Rights

The rights of workers.

Law	Requirements	Effects	Change limitations?	Stance
Serfdom Peasants are tied to their land and must perform labor for their feudal masters.	Command Economy Free Trade Interventionism Mercantilism	+50% Landowners political strength −25% State construction efficiency −25% Technology spread	Serfdom Abolished	AAA
Serfdom Abolished The feudal practice of serfdom has been abolished.			Serfdom	AAA
Regulatory Bodies Government institutions have been created to regulate the excesses of employers.	Labor Movement	+5 Max workplace safety office institution investment	Serfdom Abolished Worker's Protections	AAA
Workers' Protections Workers enjoy extensive protections that are enshrined in law.	Human Rights	+50% Minimum wage +5 Max workplace safety office institution investment Workplace safety office institution: +10% Minimum wage	Regulatory Bodies	AAA

Migration

Controlling the flow of people.

Law	Requirements	Effects	Change limitations?	Stance
No Migration Controls The country makes no attempt to control movement across its borders.			Not limited	AAA
Migration Controls Only people of cultures and religions not discriminated against may migrate.		Discriminated pops disallowed from migrating	Not limited	AAA
Closed Borders No internal or external migration is permitted.		All pops disallowed from migrating	Not limited	AAA

Rights of Women

The legal regulations of the fairer sex.

Law	Requirements	Effects	Change limitations?	Stance
Legal Guardianship Women are legally under the guardianship of men and enjoy very few rights.		+5% Birth rate Pops will recalculate their interest group support	Propertied Women	AAA
Propertied Women Whether inherited or otherwise earned, even women have the right and duty to own and cherish their possessions.		+5% Workforce ratio Pops will recalculate their interest group support	Legal Guardianship Women in the Workplace	AAA
Women in the Workplace How will we be able to keep the furnaces of progress aflame with only half the potential workforce?	Feminism	−5% Birth rate +10% Workforce ratio Pops will recalculate their interest group support	Propertied Women Women's Suffrage	AAA
Women's Suffrage In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.	Feminism Census Suffrage Landed Voting Universal Suffrage Wealth Voting	−5% Birth rate +15% Workforce ratio +33% Dependent enfranchisement Pops will recalculate their interest group support	Propertied Women	AAA

Slavery

People as property.

Law	Requirements	Effects	Change limitations?	Stance
Slavery Banned No human being may be owned by another.		The interest groups below gain Anti-Slavery ideology: Intelligentsia Petite bourgeoisie Rural folk Trade unions All slaves in the country will be liberated Unlock Cultural Exclusion law Unlock Multiculturalism law	Not limited	AAA
Debt Slavery Those who cannot clear their debts instead forefeits their person as their creditor's property.	Multiculturalism	Landowners gain Pro-Slavery ideology Unlock Cultural Exclusion law	Slavery Banned	AAA
Slave Trade Demand for cheap labor is fulfilled through a dehumanizing trade in foreign bodies.	Cultural Exclusion Multiculturalism	Landowners gain Pro-Slavery ideology Unlock Legacy Slavery law	Slavery Banned	AAA
Legacy Slavery As a compromise between abolitionists and slaveholders, the institution of slavery may continue as long as it does not expand.	Slave Trade		Slavery Banned	AAA

Welfare

Government assistance for the income deprived.

Law	Requirements	Effects	Change limitations?	Stance
No Social Security It is not the state's role to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves.			Poor Laws Wage Subsidies	AAA
Old Age Pension There is a practical limit to the age where our workforce is no longer efficient and their subsequent welfare must fall under the purview of government.	Human Rights	+50% Welfare payments +5 Max social security institution investment Social security institution: +2% Dependent enfranchisement +20% Dependents income +10% Welfare payments −1% Workforce ratio Pops will recalculate their interest group support	Poor Laws Wage Subsidies	AAA
Poor Laws Getting the tramps and hobos off our streets and into the workhouses is well worth the cost.		+40% Welfare payments +3 Max social security institution investment Social security institution: −15% Political strength when receiving welfare +10% Welfare payments	No Social Security Wage Subsidies	AAA
Wage Subsidies All who are willing to work have a right to eat. No man should lack the means to provide for his family.	Labor Movement	+50% Welfare payments +5 Max social security institution investment Social security institution: +10% Welfare payments	Old Age Pension Poor Laws	AAA