International death penalty statistics

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Capital punishment, the penalty of death for the commission of a crime, is a controversial issue on which individual nations take many differing stances. This article categorizes individual sovereign entities within NationStates by their respective policies on the death penalty.


Retentionist nations

The following nations legally allow the death penalty and apply it on a regular basis.

Nation Notes
The Dictatorship of Blatzania The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes; see here.
The Holy Empire of Civitas Americae The death penalty is retained for a number of crimes; see here.
The Holy Imperial Monarchy of Imitora The death penalty is retained.
The Imperial Faith Union of Isam The death penalty is retained for numerous crimes and offences; see here.
The Consular Confederation of Jonquiere-Tadoussac The death penalty is retained for impaired driving causing death.
The Republic of Kanami The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes; see here.
The Commonwealth of Kattaia The death penalty is used for high treason and intentional murder of humans, cats and ring-tailed lemurs. Euthanasia is not considered a crime, however.
The Dominion of Khazaron The death penalty is retained for murder, treason and rape. The sentence is carried out immediataly. See here.
The Armed Republic of Mirkana The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes; see here.
The Democratic Capitalist Republic of Pacitalia The death penalty is retained for treason and first- and second-degree murder. The only form of capital punishment is lethal injection by potassium chloride. See here for more information.
The Imperial Shogunate of Pschycotic Pschycos The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes; see here.
The Incorporated States of Sarzonia The death penalty is retained for first degree murder and treason; see here.
The Republic of Syskeyia The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes; see here.
The Danaan High Kingdom of the Resurgent Dream The death penalty is used as a punishment for treason, espionage, and particularly heinous murders.
The Socialist Republic of Xanthal The death penalty is applied to criminals that cannot be successfully rehabilitated after a certain number of offenses, the exact number varying depending upon the crimes. Further details can be found here.

Abolitionist nations

The following nations legally forbid the death penalty and do not apply it.

Nation Notes
The People's Democratic Social Republic of Ariddia The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Eco-Democratic Republic of Biotopia The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Free Provinces of Copiosa Scotia The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Republic of Drachons The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Cloud-Water Community of Ecopoeia The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Imperial Power of Falastur The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Insufferable Jerkdom of Frangland The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes, but those convicted of "heinous crimes" are treated with extreme harshness; see here.
The Democratic Soviet Republic of Kahanistan The death penalty abolished for all crimes under the new Constitution of Kahanistan.
The Silver Paladinate of New Montreal States The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes, primarily for religious reasons.
The City of North-West Ariddia The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The United Provinces of Oliverry The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Educated Technological State of Rolatia The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes
The Sovereign Village of San Adriano The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Democratic Capitalist Empire of Swilatia The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes, and all any bill made to legalize it is considered unconstitutional in the nation.
The Sensible Commonwealth of the Freethinkers The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes.
The Quasi-Fascist Liberal State of Torregal The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes and the nation offers refuge to any person sentenced to die in any other nation

Nations which are abolitionist in practice

The following nations legally allow the death penalty, but it is applied rarely or not at all.

Nation Notes
The Republic of Fbrenia The country has had no government for several decades. In theory, the death penalty remains, but there is no working legal system to apply it.
The Free Civil State of Liverpool England (including Lox Land Island) The death penalty has recently been re-legalised after 86 years of being illegal. However, it is only applied when an assassination attempt is involved.
Confederated City States of Mikitivity Most cantons have absolished the death penalty, however, Aslan and Valitz cantons still have consistently voted against cantonal measures to absolish capital punishment even though it has not be exercised in either canton since 1925.
The Holy and Most August Empire of Pantocratoria The death penalty still exists, but can only be applied in the case of certain crimes, and even then, it is never mandatory. There hasn't been an execution in decades.
The Sovereign State of West Ariddia The death penalty has not been abolished, but is never applied. In theory, it is still applicable to murder and high treason.

Undecided nations

The following nations have no legal stance on the death penalty or their current legal stance is disparate.

Nation Notes
The Most Serene Republic of Semirhage The death penalty is an unstable issue until the new Constitution clarifies things. Due to the Great Purge over 10,000 Counter-Revolutionaries and Imperialists met their end by the guillotine.
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