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GREAT EXPLANATION BUT A COUNTRY LIKE THIS ONE WOULD NOT BE FUCNTIONAL BECASUE OF THE COST OF SICK AND INJURED COMVICYS WITH NO PROTECTION IN THE WINTER OR SUMMER DUS TO EXPOSERE AND WALKING ON PAVED STREETS BARE FOOT

Every single case you describe is "open & shut". The perpetrator was always caught in the act. How does Danubia deal with a crime like murder where the police find a dead body in a park, for instance? It seems to me few people would just confess. But, most of the criminals described had little choice as they were caught in the act or like the teacher had taken photos. [And had more to be found in his home.] Also, lying is a crime and remaining silent is NOT an option.

Also at the start of the story it is my opinion that the US Gov. would not let its citizens travel there at all. Because -- 1] There are several crimes (like lying to a cop) that are so common in the US that many kids would, out of ignorance, break them. 2] The embassy was not contacted in Kim's case which is automatic under international law. 3] The whippings are administered immediately without any time for an appeal. 4] The Spokesman was in no way a lawyer and is in fact intended to trick the accused into confessing. 5] You did mention that the US Embassy does not approve of the long sentences and whippings for petty crimes like "lying". 6] IMHO the Embassy would see this program as a form of slavery. The criminals must find a low paying job that is in public and therefore put on a public spectacle which would attract tourists. It is hardly fair to make putting your hands in your pockets a crime, punishable by 20 years working for peanuts and use it to enslave tourists. [Not that this is what they did but the gist of your story was that this, at least, sometimes happens.]

I feel that the US Gov. would just not let Americans go there without a long education program, and even then just businessmen.

My main objection to this system of slavery is how you show it applying to foreign visitors who always seem to be ignorant about what can and then does happen to them.

I think that international pressure would force treaties on the Danubians to send foreign "criminals" back to their home countries to be punished. If they want to enslave their own children they can, but their children should already know about the system. And so are much less at risk.