First thing that came to her mind was something she did not like particularly but had come to accept as a necessity. Forced labor of captives. That was a nicer way to describe slavery. At least in her mind it was not as attached to the stigma of that word. For certain more hazardous jobs on the planet. It was born out of necessity - with our low birthrate we do everything in our power to preserve our population's numbers. As such lethal harm against a fellow Maltese with intent to do so is perhaps one of our most taboo crimes on Malta. The state is also against certain practices that would further decrease our fertility and birthrate such as contraceptives and abortion, the latter being officially punishable with exile. Eliza paused for a second to adjust herself in her seat. Sometimes certain individual freedoms must suffer for the greater good of the collective.
