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The Group of Progressive Sociologists of The University of Ystradfan every year collects information from the world's top universities to rate their home countries on the following subjects

Quality of Mental Health Services ( Old school asylums or modern psychiatric wards?)
Social attitudes towards the mentally ill (are people shamed for having a mental illness or supported to get treatment?)
Suicide Prevention (Is suicide a taboo topic? Is suicide a problem? If yes is it being address or being ignored?)
LGBT Rights (Same-marriage,anti-discrimination laws etc)
Social attitudes towards LGBT people ( Even if they have rights on paper do LGBT people still get stigmatised?)
Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education (Learning support departments set up in schools or they thrown to the side?)
Gender Equality (Are women allowed to fully serve in the military? Domestic abuse & divorce laws etc)
Sex & Relationships education (Is abstinence taught or the promotion of consent above everything else. What age is it taught?)
Access to contraception and abortion ( Are condoms given out free? Are there safe legal free abortions or is it totally banned?)
Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities (Are they simply labelled "mentally retard" or they treated like any member of society?

Each category is ranged on a level of 100. 100 would be hardcore Progressive. 40-60 being largely indifferent . 70 is socially liberal with 80-90 being Progressive. Below 50-40 is socially conservative. >40 would be hardcore conservative. Total score is out of 1000.
OOC thanks to @Ambrosia to prompt me to do this and @Madurja for University of Cartaxo Quality of Life Rankings since I used it for a template.
OOC thread covering the topics


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Furlanìe - 337
Quality of Mental Health Services - 13
state-run facilities are badly underfunded and often in bad conditions and strictly focused on repression and restriction of people too violent or disruptive to be handled by their families and local communities; while the Patriarchate of Aquileia, through the Order of St. Delfine (Ordin de Sante Delfine), with monasteries all around the Friulian countryside, takes more careful care of the ill, and is open to non-violent people aswell.

Social attitudes towards the mentally ill - 28
the lack of a proper national pharmaceutical industry and the cost of importing medicines from abroad has limited the intervention of the state, that rarely provides help or guidance on the matter. Families and local communities are the ones that take most care of the mentally ill, with a high percentage turning to alcohol consumption as their sole "treatment".
mentally ill people are some times ridiculed, but society generally takes care of them.

Suicide Prevention - 43
suicide is condemned by the Patriarchate of Aquileia, which doesn't allow funerals nor burying on consecrated land.
to the popular and political worlds suicide is considered a delicate taboo, but also a respectable personal decision, for this reason the Patriarchate stance on the matter often ignites harsh debates, and is one of very few points of conflict between the Patriarchate and the Friulian people.

LGBT Rights - 32
although LGBT people are not persecuted, there is no law protecting them from discrimination

Social attitudes towards LGBT people - 38
to the society it is a taboo topic, and the political world very carefully avoids talking about it to prevent a loss of consensus; for this reason LGBT people in Furlanìe tend to both move to safer places like nearby Auraria and Retalia, or face certain segregation in gay districts, especially populated in the himyari territories, the most notable being located in the island city of Corifô, where local, small economic and social ecosystems have developed.

Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education - 21
some monasteries of the Order of St. Delfine are extended to be special schools aswell, although completing studies in such institutions makes finding a job harder because of prejudice, which drives many families to either opt the child out of school early instead, or, for those who can afford it, use home-schooling.

Gender Equality - 68
with some notable difficulties such as abortion and divorce, women have fair access to the lower level labour market, culturally enjoy an high degree of influence in the family (it is a popular cliché of Friulian housewives being overly dominant and their husbands being repressed and suicidal), while management-focused and political roles are sensibly harder to reach for a woman.

Sex & Relationships education - 25
school doesn't touch such topics, which are left to the families, while the Patriarchate insists on young people to wait for marriage before having an intercourse.

Access to contraception and abortion - 28
while contraception is widely available and accepted even by the Patriarchate, abortion is still a sensitive subject, a woman needs a degree of personal connections and a valid reason to successfully obtain permission and a doctor available to do the proceeding.

Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities - 41
due to the tendency of people with learning disabilities to leave school early, they often find a place in the large agricultural labour market of West Furlanìe, where such difficulties are unimportant, doing jobs that the rest of the young workforce finds obsolete and tiring, and tries to avoid.
people who attended special schools hoping for a better future are often victim of prejudice, as the popular idea about any mental disability is that such people tend to be violent; although there are positive success stories, the reality is often harsh, with many turning back to the Order of St. Delfine, helping taking care of the ill.
 
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Quality of Mental Health Services 53
Madurja's mental health effort is not insignificant but is heartily lacking. Funding has been an ever increasing issue. While in the 1980's and 1990's, Madurja had been seen as a leader in many aspects of mental health services; funding has severely decreased since 2000.

Social attitudes towards the mentally ill 74
Attitudes about mental health are generally quite positive. Some aspects, such as depression and suicide are still somewhat taboo. Yet other aspects are generally accepted and supported.

Suicide Prevention 42
There are few programs available and the subject is quite taboo in Maduran society. Hospitals are generally more eager to assist and the government has operated a suicide hotline since 1998.

LGBT Rights 70
Same sex marriage and legally sanctioned partnerships are still not covered by Maduran law, one way or the other. However, very strict laws are in place to prevent discrimination.

Social attitudes towards LGBT people 45
As Madurja is a very Catholic country, religious attitudes are pervasive around the county. In cities such as Almancil and Cartaxo, views are far more accepting. LGBT anti-discrimination laws have aided in drawing back stigma.

Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education 81

One of the areas of Maduran education system that is most advanced is education for those with LD/LC. Various programs and intervention strategies are in place to bring an effective system for LD students.

Gender Equality 74. (Are women allowed to fully serve in the military? Domestic abuse & divorce laws etc)

Traditional gender roles are still pervasive in many rural places in Madurja. However, anti-discrimination policies and women-friendly work programs over the past decades have helped to level the field. Women are free to serve in the military (largely in non-combat roles) and many serve in government and services such as police, fire protection etc.

Sex & Relationships education 66

Abstinence only education is pervasive in many parochial schools (about 25% of all schools) while public schools are far more comprehensive and include protection and prevention policies. Consent discussion takes place during the second block of education in all schools at age 15. Initial education in this realm begins with block one at age 13.

Access to contraception and abortion 35

Condoms are not free outside of university campuses. Abortions are illegal except in the case of rape, incest, and when the mother's life is threatened.


Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities 85

Attitudes are a result of education and religion. Those with learning disabilities are treated with much compassion. Many Madurans take pride in the LD programs available.

Total: 625
 

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Quality of Mental Health Services 68
Mental health services are roughly average, with much of the work being performed by charitable organizations. People with mental illnesses have the right to seek treatment, but in many cases it is not necessarily available.
Social attitudes towards the mentally ill 61
Mental illness is considered a difficult subject to talk about. Mental illness and injury are considered difficult to determine. Despite this, charity organizations to support mentally ill are plentiful.
Suicide Prevention 51
Only recently has suicide been considered no longer sinful, as it is now recognized to be caused by mental health issues. Regardless, suicidal ideation is a highly taboo topic, and suicide rates are under-reported. Suicide culture prescribes unique methods and rituals for suicide.
LGBT Rights 47
Same-sex marriage is forbidden. Gender transitioning is forbidden. Only binary genders are accepted. Homosexuality and other gender norms are not made illegal.
Social attitudes towards LGBT people 41
Sexual deviances are highly taboo. Although people will not show open disrespect, being "out" will usually result in severe social repercussions.
Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education 71
All people with disabilities are able to receive personal support suited to their needs.
Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities 69
Social support networks exist for people with specific learning disabilities, however social relationships can suffer. Their position in society is still not normalized compared to people without disabilities.
Gender Equality 64
Women are allowed to serve in non-combat roles, attain employment, and do other work. However, women are expected to child-rear. Divorce is permitted, women typically win custody battles, child support is not required. Gender pay gap still remains significant, encouraging women to stay home.
Sex & Relationships education 68
Sex education is present and taught to children at a young age, and is taught alongside ethics education to all grade school children and persists through secondary education. Domestic violence, harassment, child abuse, or other relationship crimes are severely punished, both legally and socially. Such crimes are almost non-existent, and even an accusation is enough to decimate a persons social life and even result in convictions.
Access to contraception and abortion 60
Condoms are legal, birth control pills are available over the counter for anyone age 15 and up. Abortion is legal only in the first two trimesters, regardless of circumstance. Third trimester abortions are treated as murder. Abortion clinics are only present in major cities.


TOTAL: 600

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Quality of Mental Health Services 10
People suffering from mental illness are sent to church run asylums which are understaffed and the staff are members of the clergy with no formal training. Exorcisms are routinely used instead of actual treatment, many people die within weeks of being sent to these places with the general population nick naming them "death houses."

Also the label of mental illness is another tool of state repression those deemed not of "sound mind" by the government can be sent to the asylums.

Social attitudes towards the mentally ill 26
Again thanks to wide state repression not many people openly talk about mental illness let alone those who are suffering from ill-health.

Mental health reform is part of the underground movement with many members smuggling in medicine or people out to get treatment aboard.

Suicide Prevention 9
To openly talk about suicide or having suicidal thoughts will get you deemed not of "sound mind" and sent straight to the asylum.There are no prevention programs beside some priests who offer support in secret.

LGBT Rights 5
Under current "buggery laws" homosexual sex is illegal,the church and the state considers homosexuality a sin and those accused of having homosexual sex face up to two years in prison and a unlimited fine. Transgender people are automatically sent to the asylum.

Social attitudes towards LGBT people 8
Society either shows outright hostility towards LGBT people or wants to "save" them through church run conversion therapies.Certain areas of Dalriada it is common for hate mobs to gather to attack those accused of being homosexual.Most people don't see difference between LGBT people & paedophile.

The underground helps LGBT people to escape through the rainbow railroad.

Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education 70
The state & church supports all those with SLD in all matters of life. Offering learning support to those assessed to have a SLD at a young age all the way through school and then having special departments within state run employment services to help when they leave education

Even then many people using the support services report to find it patronising feeling they just help them do the bare minimum to pass school and get a low paid job. Anyone wanting greater opportunities find their options are limited.

Gender Equality 30
Women are expect to be good mothers and wives first and foremost, they are barred to serve in the Federal Armed Forces but some militias allow them to join. Women tend to enter the labour market in low level potions after leaving education then are expected to leave when they marry to bring up children. Women who are not married by 30 tend to get stigmatised and are forced out of work because of it.

Premier Màiri Fòlais is the only high profile woman in a leadership position.

Sex & Relationships education 8
Abstinence only education is only thing taught, when it comes relationship traditional male & female roles are reinforced.

Access to contraception and abortion 10
illegal in all cases if the woman survives the abortion she can face up to fifteen years for murder most of the time she gets sent to the asylum.

The underground smuggles in contraception and helps women to get safe abortion.

Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities 30
Even with large amount of support from the state many people with SLDs face workplace discrimination with many barred from entering university most end up working tedious jobs for little pay. Most create their own social groups and get left alone by wider society.

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Quality of Mental Health Services - 68

In Aurarian Civil Society, it is generally regarded that the fundamental responsibility of the Federal Government is to provide for the Aurarian people. As such, private charities are not common. As a result, the quality of services available is directly proportional to the level of attention the Aurarian National Court elects to provide. Moving the Federal Government’s policies are akin to turning a battleship – it takes enormous effort, planning, personnel, and its very slow.

In 2006, the National Court made a consensus to reform its approach to mental health care. Transforming the state facilities from quasi-prisons where people suffering could be kept out-of-sight-out-of-mind into rehabilitative hospitals was an arduous task. The National Court transferred responsibilities of maintaining the hospitals to the various Constituent Communities and agreed to fund the programs they thought were best. While the common vision and end goal was shared by the five CCs, the implementation and development widely varied. As a result, quality of service is widely uneven across the country.

Nevertheless, the National Court retained that mental health services were covered under the National Health Agency and reformed doctor certifications to ensure that primary care doctors were trained, to some degree, in mental health. Schools have mental health service teams and teachers are trained appropriately with the goal of identifying concerning issues as early as possible and to provide intervention.

Social attitudes towards the mentally ill – 60

Attitudes vary widely by region. In many areas, anxiety and depression are still seen as jokes rather than serious conditions. Other conditions, such as schizophrenia or dementia, are generally treated much differently as a result of their much more visible impact. This is radically different among youth, who are far more open about their mental health.

Suicide Prevention – 80

Auraria has an exceptionally low suicide rate of 6.1 per 100,000. The reasons for this are varied and hard to “prove” but it is generally regarded as the result of a combination of health care services, agreeable climate (low instances of seasonal depression), and human happiness seen as highest moral value. The 2006 mental health reforms have seen a sizable impact on suicide rates with teachers knowing the signs to look for.

LGBT Rights – 95

Auraria has a long, consistent track record of being very pro-LGBT. Anti-Discrimination las are strictly enforced across the country. Sexuality as a spectrum is widely accepted concept in most areas of the country and care has been taken to express its normalcy.

Preventing a perfect score is, again, different cultural norms in the more rural areas of the country where both attitudes and legal protections leave a lot to be desired.

Social attitudes towards LGBT people – 80

The systematic breakdown of the Church’s cultural influence and political power has resulted in a far more open-minded country in Auraria. Therefore, the most significant barrier to acceptance of LGBT people has far less sway.

Nevertheless, there problems. Needless to say, rural areas are generally more anti-LGBT and Arandian and Valdecabrans typically are less supportive. Additionally, a growing movement is rejecting some elements of progressivism that are accused of tokenizing LGBT people.

Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education – 70

All schools are run by the State, which has required that accommodations for LD Students be made. In addition, the National Court has mandated that any accredited health care plan covers the purchase of tools necessary to assist those with learning disabilities.

Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities – 50

Similarly to mental health, there is still an emphasis in Aurarian society for self-sufficiency and it is unfairly perceived that people will learning disabilities cannot be self-sufficient or really live their lives to the fullest. For whatever services exist, they only exist so long as the student is going through education funded by the Government. Once they leave, access to accommodations decreases.

Gender Equality - 85

Deconstructing the notion of two genders while advancing gender as a spectrum and not a dichotomy has been a focused effort for a long time. There are many government documents that do not record nor require disclosure of gender and others include options such as “None” or “Other” to affirm different genders. Schools try to desegregate classes or activities based on gender.

Though, as a common trend, this does not extend to parts of the country more aligned with traditional cultural values. Traditionally, men are the providers and women are the caretakers. Those roles, no matter how much is tried, cannot be entirely dismantled.

Sex & Relationships education – 95

Abstinence-only education was banned a long time ago. The concept of sex is taught appropriately around the age of puberty. It is taught as something that is going to happen no matter what schools try to do so the emphasis is on safety, contraception, and most importantly: consent. Sex is seen as a perfectly healthy, normal active with no particular emphasis placed on the “purity” of virginity.

A lot of Aurarian laws concerning sex stem from an idea of the power relationship. In situations where one partner holds significantly more power over another, consent becomes a difficult topic. In this regard, Auraria is prevented a perfect score due to the vagueness of its laws meaning that prosecuting sexual assault is difficult. Still, harassment, domestic violence, rape, and child abuse are strictly punished.

Access to contraception and abortion – 100

Contraception is covered by every health plan and readily available. The Government maintains community centers in virtually every part of the country where contraception can be easily obtained. Abortion is free and unrestricted up until what is considered viability, that is ability to survive outside the womb. An abortion can be permitted up until the day of delivery only if recommended by a physician in order to save the mother’s life.

The Aurarine Republic: 783
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The Group of Progressive Sociologists of The University of Ystradfan every year collects information from the world's top universities to rate their home countries on the following subjects

Quality of Mental Health Services 70 — Modern or modernised facilities. Treatments are evidence-based as much as possible.
Social attitudes towards the mentally ill 65 — Mental illess used to be a taboo, but the situation is getting better, as well as the support to mentally ill peope.
Suicide Prevention 75 — Suicide is not really a taboo item. Support for people with suicidal thoughts is large.
LGBT Rights 80 — Same-sex marriages are legal in Retalia and Continental Eiffelland. The gender indication at the passports is dichotomous (male, female) in order to prevent trouble abroad (e.g. in countries like Gunnland or Elben), but fluid on the internal identity cards (male, female, but also things like 50%male/50% female, 67%male/33% female and 33% male/67%female).
Homosexual intercourse allowed in Rügen and Helgoland, but only from 18 years onwards.
Social attitudes towards LGBT people 70 — Despite being Tiburan Catholic and religious, 70% of the Eiffelloretalians are tolerant to LGBT people. The tolerance is very large in the cities, but smaller in the countryside. The people from Rügen and Helgoland are tolerant to gay foreigners, but not so tolerant to their own gays.
Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education 70 — Separate schools for the more severely disabled people; the less severely disabled persons are educated in the regular schools, but with additional help.
Gender Equality 80 — Divorce kan be requested when one of the two wants to divorce. Discrimination is forbidden, and this prohibition is maintained.
Sex & Relationships education 80 — Done in 2nd class secondary education.
Access to contraception and abortion 70 — Contraception for free for women; condoms free of VAT. Abortion is legal under a set of conditions; free until 16 weeks pregnancy duration; after that only possible for medical reasons or in the case of rape.
Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities 70 — Supporting for people with physical disabilities; less supporting for people with mental disabilities.

Total score: 730
 
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Quality of Mental Health Services - 40
Mental health services in Pelasgia are administered by the Asylums of the hospitals of the Pelasgian Orthodox Church. As Pelasgia has no public health system, healthcare and social services being instead provided by the clergy in accordance with Pelasgian Clericalism, these services are entirely paid for and overseen by the Church. Nevertheless, the Ministry of Health does set broad standards. Pelasgian mental health policy is generally conservative, and focuses on segregating mental health patients from broader society, to protect both themselves and others. Though some psychiatric wards have recently started operating under the auspices of the university hospitals of a few major Pelasgian universities in coastal urban centres, the control of the Orthodox Church over these universities generally means that their practices differ very little from those of the Asylums.
Social attitudes towards the mentally ill - 50
Mental illness is ill-perceived in more rural parts of Pelasgia, chiefly due to the Orthodox Church's teachings, which proclaim it to be related to demonic possession or divine punishment. As Pelasgia has been urbanizing in recent decades, this trend has begun receding. In Pelasgian urban centres, which are increasingly more secular, the attitude is one of supporting mental health patients. That being said, the mentally ill are still shunned by mainstream society, which prefers to ignore or segregate them.
Suicide Prevention - 40
Suicide is an extremely taboo topic, due to being considered an unforgivable sin by the dominant Orthodox Church. It is criminalized by the Penal Code, and carries post-mortem penalties. Assisted suicide and aiding suicide are penalized under murder provisions of the same Code. Nevertheless, Pelasgia has one of the lowest suicide rates in the world, due to a combination of cultural factors, a moderate climate, and generally strong social bonds, as well as overall familial stability.
LGBT Rights - 25
Pelasgia is extremely conservative in its stance towards sexual minorities, chiefly due to the influence of the Pelasgian Orthodox Church. Same-sex marriage is not allowed, and neither are civil unions or adoption by homosexuals, while the "public promotion of sexually deviant tendencies" is prohibited by the Pelasgian Penal Code and several dedicated statutes, which impose stiff penalties on all public LGBT displays. Likewise, LGBT organizations are strictly banned. Though female homosexuality was never criminalized, male homosexuality was criminalized until 1951. Pelasgia has no legal recongition of transgender or bisexual individuals, whose public displays or associations are penalized under the same laws that ban these activities for homosexual Pelasgians.
Social attitudes towards LGBT people - 10
Pelasgians display extremely conservative attitudes against LGBT people, again chiefly due to the influence of the Pelasgian Orthodox Church. LGBT individuals are commonly excluded, bullied, or otherwise rejected by society at large and even by their own families. The Church and the authorities encourage parents to "prevent" the development of such "tendencies" in their children, and to punish them if the begin displaying them. Common culture, at best, pretends LGBT people do not "really" exist, or, at worst, openly condemns them. Many leave Pelasgia for more progressive countries, while others keep their sexual identity or orientation secret. Nevertheless, the public is generally against outright criminalization of homosexuality, preferring to ignore the matter.
Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education - 30
The highly conservative Pelasgian education system, operated by the Pelasgian Orthodox Church, generally makes little effort to accommodate those with learning disabilities, mostly choosing to regard the matter as one of less effort, parental laxity or absence, or lack of focus.
Gender Equality - 10
Pelasgia is highly conservative in terms of gender relations and gender roles, and does not believe in equality but in "difference and cooperation." That is to say, women are expected to be chiefly homemakers, and men breadwinners. Women are not allowed in any military role, though they can serve as nurses of Orthodox ecclesiastic orders attached to the Imperial Pelasgian Armed Forces. Pelasgia has very limited legal recognition for domestic abuse outside of severe emotional or physical abuse, due to the State's unwillingness to intervene in marital affairs. On the flip side, married couples are given broad benefits, such as the inability of the State to force a husband to testify against his wife, and vice versa. Divorce is generally prohibited in Pelasgia by the Civil Code, outside of a set of ennumerated causes: adultery, severe emotional or physical abuse, non-consummation, conviction of a sexual offence, and polygamy or bigamy; otherwise, marriage in indissoluble while the two parties live. Post-divorce, women are barred from remarrying for six months, a restriction which is not placed on men.
Sex & Relationships education - 30
Sex education is practically non-existent in Pelasgia, as the Orthodox Church runs the education system. Instead, the Church (and society at large) preaches abstinence, and men and women are expected to marry early, and to have large families. Non-virginity of the wife annuls a marriage by default according to the Civil Code, though this provision is practically never used. Despite these regulations, Pelasgia's increasingly urbanised society has seen pre-marital sex and relationships occur, a fact which was regulated to the urban underclass until recently. The secularisation of society, along with the progress of such relationships, might bring change in the future.
Access to contraception and abortion - 30
Despite the Orthodox Church's best efforts, contraception is not banned in Pelasgia. Nevertheless, contraception is widely condemned by the Church, and the powerful Christian Retailers' Association refuses to sell contraceptives, as do members of the Christian Pharmacists' Union. In spite of this boycott, many urban Pelasgian are increasingly gaining access to contraception. Abortion, on the other hand, is banned in Pelasgia, except in cases where the mother's life is in danger. This prohibition is strictly enforced, and abortionists are prosecuted as murderers and/or infanticides. Despite some slow inroads into the upper echelons of urban Pelasgian society, abortion remains rare, unsafe and criminalised by the Penal Code.
Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities - 40
People with specific learning disabilities are termed "mentally retarded," and are usually relegated to educational institutions for children with special needs. That being said, these institutions are able to provide them with special care and services, and save them from exposure to negative attitudes among society at large.

The Pelasgian Empire: 305
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Ebria

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Quality of Mental Health Services - 65

The health services in Natal are provided by the Federal Health System, which is owned by the central government and is one of the most important elements that were surrendered by the sub-states to the central government. It's funding and support is part of the National Convergence Agreement, called the Civic Policy signed by the main parties of Natal, which pretty much means that be it Hippos or Hyenas in power, the health system will have the necessary funding and support and there won't be great policy changes that will destabilise it.

While old school asylums that functioned more like prisons were phased out in the late 90s and early 2000s, the difference in the quality offered by the psychiatric wards are dependent on their geographic position, with the ones on the coast being very modern and offering high quality services, while the inland ones, especially to the north-east, they are lacking in funds and personnel, or in the most extreme cases are full on absent. In the Rozvi Kingdom, the Utatu Orthodox Church had operated many asylums, hospitals and clinics, but those were transferred to the FNS in the early 2000s, leaving them only with the rural clinics.

Social attitudes towards the mentally ill – 60

Attitudes vary from region to region and from illness to illness. While schizophrenia and dementia are all over the place seen as very real and serious conditions and receive the necessary support, the likes of anxiety or depression being real issues is seen only on the more progressive coastal areas, while in the inland, native traditional cultures don't accept depression or anxiety as issues, especially in men, creating many problems.

Suicide Prevention – 70

Natal has a suicide rate of 12.9 per 100,000 with bigger numbers being observed on the coast rather than inland, but some do state that the numbers from the inland territories are under-reported. While great strides are being taken to reduce suicide rates by improving the mental health services, reducing stress factors and improving connectiveness between people, the numbers are still being considered high by the authorities. Suicide crisis lines operate toll free on a 24/7 basis.

LGBT Rights – 70

Natal has a long history of being seen as the refuge for lgbt people in Himyar or even in the Southern Hemisphere. Homosexuality has been decriminalised with the Acts of the Federation in 1908 in the Coastal Republics, while the Mbunda, Loda and Engaruka states never had it criminalised. In the Rozvi Kingdom it was still criminalised until 1955. Since then, Natal moved towards becoming a more progressive and liberal society by adopting a series of harsh anti-discrimination laws in the mid 1990s. As of yet, civil partnerships and marriage are not legalised. The other option is allowed to be chosen by non-binary persons in state documents and name changes to reflect sex changes have been legal for more than a decade.

Social attitudes towards LGBT people – 70

The urban centres are extremely liberal and sometimes places like Fortitude Valley, the gay village of Harton becomes a centre of the city's nightlife for everyone disregarding if they are lgbt or not. In the rural coastal areas, the influence of the Catholic Church is present and "lgbt propaganda" is frowned upon, the same way homosexuality is condemned for emasculating what is the very machist culture of the Natalian frontiersmen.

As for the Benue people from the inland and the north, they are divided in two goups, the Rozvi, which are mostly Utatu Orthodox and they have a very negative viewpoint of lgbt issues, and the Mbunda, Loda and Lozi, which are still following the Himyari native faiths like Mwarism, which have no history of persecuting it.

Support for those with specific learning disabilities in education – 70

The Board of Education has a series of schools that are specialised in dealing with students with learning disabilities. In sectors where the density is too low for such schools to function, special classes are organised and if that isn't possible either, there are consultants working with the teachers and the students and their families to provide decent quality education to all.

Social attitudes towards people with specific learning disabilities – 65

Regarding learning disabilities, there is a weird situation in which the people full on ignore them, believing that they are either non-existent or if they are, they are already being sorted by the schools. When news break out about such pupils having issues and there being no support for them, there is usually public outcry and campaigns to start, arguing for the need of "reforming and modernising the education system".

Gender Equality - 70

The secularisation of the Gunnish influenced society along the coastal regions in the middle to late 19th century has been pushed by a wave of local feminists that took their models in the position of women in the traditional Benue societies, especially the Lozi and Mbunda. There has been a long line of female politicians at the helm of the Federation too with the most representative being Adrianne Stone, Demetria Unathi Vavi and Yonela Ashleigh Dalasile. Women are allowed to serve in the NADF, divorces have been legalised since 1950, and there is a very strong legal framework to protect again domestic abuse.

In the Rozvi Kingdom, because of the influence of the Utatu Orthodox Church, the idea of the woman being the keeper of the household while the man is the one working and bringing the money is still present, especially in the rural society, even so, the Homesteads are transforming this, with women being equal to the men in the communal farms, while one or two of such homesteads are even owned and maintained solely by women.

Federation wide, rape is punished extremely harshly, with some sentences going as far as chemical castration.

Sex & Relationships education – 80

While Natal needed quite some time to end up adding sex and relationships education, it's late addition meant that it avoided the era of preaching abstinence as the only form of contraception. The Sex Ed was introduced at first in the late 1980s as a "Health and Hygene" class and concentrated mostly on protection from STDs and STIs. After it was reformed into Sex Education in the early 2010s, it concentrated more on more on the importance of consent and the equality of the partners in love and life.

Access to contraception and abortion – 80

Contraception is covered my many health plans and it is quite easy to get it from the typical condoms in shops and chemists to even more complicated implants and injections that need a visit to the GP. Most of the clinics in general would offer free condoms. Abortion is legal on request on up to the 14th week and after that only in case of rape, fetal defects or to save the mother's life. In the Rozvi Kingdom, doctors have the right to conscientiously object doing abortions, while in the rest of the Federation, they are banned from it.

The Federation of Natal: 700;
 
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