Age of majority (Hjalvik)

The age of majority in the Jarldom of Hjalvik is 20, having been increased from 18 by the Age of Majority Act 2022 on 26 February 2022. At that age, Hjalsk citizens are fully considered as adults, and from the age of 20 can engage in certain procedures that citizens under the age of 20 cannot.

Citizens born before 01/01/2003 are also entitled to these rights, as they were already legal adults within Hjalvik before the Age of Majority Act 2022, and by the end of 2022 will all be over the age of 20.

Capacities at 20

At age 20 in the Jarldom of Hjalvik, one may:

• Acquire the legal age of adulthood in the Jarldom of Hjalvik
• Get married
• Engage in consensual sexual intercourse with a person aged 20+
• Raise a child with no parental support
• Operate an alcohol/tobacco trading business
• Take out a property mortgage
• Supervise/instruct learner driver
• Adopt a child under the age of 15
• Legally change first name
• Forge weaponry (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)

Capacities at earlier ages

0

• Acquire Hjalsk citizenship
• Vote in national elections (if Hjalsk citizenship acquired before 01/01/2022)

4

• Entitlement to free Hjalsk education

5

• Recognition as a child and no longer an infant
• Receive a Hjalsk national ID card

9

• Get ear piercings with parental consent (females)

10

• Rule over the Hjalsk monarchy without a regent (males)

12

• Stay unsupervised on a premises without an adult
• Open a Hjalsk bank account

13

• Enter part-time employment
• Rule over the Hjalsk monarchy without a regent (females)

14

• Become criminally responsible
• Consume all alcoholic beverages in the Thanedom of Herland
• Consume all alcoholic beverages in the Thanedom of Tanþheim with parental consent
• Enter full-time Hjalsk government employment
• Drop out of compulsory education
• Operate an agricultural vehicle up to 20 mph
• Sign up to the Hjalsk Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (males) (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)

15

• Get a tattoo with parental consent
• Vote in national elections (if Hjalsk citizenship acquired after 31/12/2021)
• Become a territorial governor
• Operate a military vehicle up to 50 mph on patrol within the boundaries of a Hjalsk military base (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Sign up to the Hjalsk Army (males) (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)

16

• Sign up to the Hjalsk Navy (males) (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Sign up to the Hjalsk Air Force (males) (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)

17

• Become a thane/thaness of a Thanedom without a regent
• Join the Hjalsk government
• Acquire a Hjalsk driving licence
• Operate any vehicle if Hjalsk, British or Irish driving licence acquired before 14/12/2021, only cars if HJ/GB/IE licence acquired after 13/12/2021
• Operate a car up to 40 mph with British provisional licence or Irish learner permit while displaying learner plates
• Operate fireworks on Hjalsk territory
• Consume non-spirit alcoholic beverages (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Smoke tobacco (ranks Army sergeant+, Navy captain+ & Air Force air marshal+ only) (if born before 01/01/2006) (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Use E-cigarettes/vapes (short term if diagnosed by Hjalsk Health Service to quit smoking) (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Operate a military vehicle over 50 mph in battle (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Operate light arms (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)

18

• Establish a private business
• Take out a bank loan
• Purchase and consume any alcoholic beverages
• Purchase and smoke tobacco (if born before 01/01/2006)
• Purchase and use E-cigarettes/vapes (short term if prescribed by Hjalsk Health Service to quit smoking)
• Engage in consensual sexual intercourse with a person aged 18–19 years
• Apply for a gambling licence
• Purchase fireworks
• Operate motorbikes and large vehicles
• Legal guardian no longer required
• Become a government-employed driver
• Supervise/instruct learner driver (if HJ/GB/IE driving licence acquired before age of 18)
• Get piercings anywhere on the body
• Operate heavy arms (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Be appointed as Grand Marshal of the Hjalsk Army (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Be appointed as Royal Admiral of the Hjalsk Navy (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)
• Be appointed as Grand Air Marshal of the Hjalsk Air Force (Hjalsk Armed Forces only)

Capacities at 25

There is a short list of rights entitled to Hjalsk citizens who have acquired 25 years of age that are not automatically given at the age of majority:

• Minimum wage doubled in government jobs
• Operate certain military vehicles while not serving in the military
• Legally change surname
• Adopt a child under the age of 20