Adult film industry in Seratof

Pornography in Seratof has a long and controversial history since the country's first inception in the modern form, and has been more widespread and readily available in the 21st century with the advent of and  technology. It has gone from informal productions and small-scale distribution ranging from magazines, novellas, and other images produced at a local level in its early stages to multi-billion studios and companies in the present day catering to an international audience. The legality throughout the various stages of the country's political developments have consistently shifted, although a steady stream of adult content and objects have always been documnted throughout the ages, regardless of the political structure and system.

The golden age of Seratofian pornography is widely accepted by most historians and scholars to exist anywhere between the late 1930s to the early 1960s before the rise of the Seratofian People's Party to power, effectively controlling Seratofian politics and regulations from there on. Attempts to ban it were finally successful with the passing of the Moral Decency Act of 1969 with a SPP-controlled legislature, killing of the legal adult film industry overnight, with many producers having to resort to overseas production or to back-alley and illegal filming sites and locations. Under the complete rule of the Seratofian People's Party between 1971 and 2006, all forms of pornography, including its production, sale, distribution, and viewing were considered illegal, and fines or even jail time would be given to offenders.

In recent years, the Seratofian adult film industry has seen a "", with the repeal of the stringent speech laws passed during the SPP period by the new moderate social democratic party, however, this resulted in the status of pornography being very ambiguous to its legality. While most consitutional and political scholars argue that pornography is legal due to it not being mentioned in any piece of Seratofian legislation, others argue that the potential for pornography to result in other crimes itself is a criteria that should ultimately render the entire pornography industry illegal. As a result, no legal framework for adult film industries exist in Seratof, however, adult film industries and studios returned from their decades of hiding and became legal through a constitutional loophole by registering as charities and non-profit organizations, with their actors as the recipients of "aid" and their members as "patrons" and "donators".

History
While small-scale productions have existed since the Samot-Seratofian Empire period, the legalizing of pornography and other adult-related materials with the passing of the 1932 free act bill by parliament paved a legal status for industries catering to the adult industry to set their legal basis and flourish in their creation with government oversight. The early period of Seratofian pornography was marked with a general increase in the forms published by these studios which now included, , and even for more higher-end studios and facilities. The backlash presented by the after effects of the 1932 bill was hotly criticized by more conservative groups such as the Seratofian National Majlis, which lobbied for more protection and oversight on these industries, with some factions even calling for a complete ban on pornography and its producers.

Although marred with numerous attempts to ban its production and distribution, the golden age of Seratofian pornography is generally accepted to be anywehere between the late 1930s to early 1960s, as several renowned production facilities and studios such as Árulim Studios and FS Estevir rose to national prominence for their production of full-scale ranging from 1-2 hours. The variety of pornography presented in the 'golden age' also increased in variety, from once only catering to the heterosexual industry to other varieties. The rise of right-wing conservatism and politics due to Seratof's stalemate in the Veksprë Börgum Confrontation led to the far-right Seratofian People's Party to seize control of the parliament in 1968, and perform a on the sitting president Lëžmar Kulopa Tindir in 1971.

Even before the SPP seized complete power in a bloodless coup on the 17th of November 1971, the SPP had already exerted their influence on the industry with the passing of the 1969 Moral Decency Act which forbade all forms of pornography including its viewing, production, distribution, and sale. The implications presented by this bill were massive, and many of the once-renowned multi-million Zakka studios were forced to forfeit all their capital stored within Seratofian soil to the government as "moral compensation" for the decades lost when pornography was made readily available for the public to consume and watch. The eventual demise of the adult film industry in Seratof under the rule of the SPP is widely believed to have been marked with the then President of Seratof Lëžmar Kulopa Tindir forcefully closing the largest Seratofian adult filmproducer Árulim studios on the orders of the SPP on the 15th of November 1969.

Between 1971 and 1974, small-scale purges and raids were done by the secret police in locations believed to be production sites of illegal adult filmmakers, resulting in the first fines and jail times to be given out for the production of pornography. Several people who were caught viewing pornography in the confines of their homes were also taken into police custody and eventually given hefty fines. Under the Islamic Republic of Seratof, the scale of the raids and purges increased, and more people than ever were convicted of adult filmmaking and viewing, obtained through illegal black markets and sites specifically designated for the sale of such films and other adult-related material. It has been reported that the state earned a lot of its fines between the Islamic Republic period through fines given out to citizens who were caught producing, distributing, selling, or even viewing pornography within their own private spaces.

The invasion of Sobruza in 1976 by Modrovian forces brought a formal end to the Islamic Republic of Seratof, however, purges and raids still occured on those who engaged in the production and distribution of adult-related material in a smaller scale than that seen in the two years prior. The number and scale of raids with each coming generation of SPP leaders and congress declined, and a more relaxed approach towards pornography was instated in the 2000 congress of the SPP, stating that while the production and distribution of pornography is still considered illegal, viewing them in a private or non-public location will not be processed or counted as a crime against the state. This verdict by the ruling SPP congress was marked as the first steps in the resurgance of the Seratofian adult film industry as a whole after almost three decades of silence and repression.

Protests against the government in large quantities during the 1990s, even by ethnic Seratofians themselves, brought the SPP to relax some of its more stringent regulations. In 2000, Molijan Tovor was elected as President of Seratof by the newly-sworn in SPP congress. Tovor was seen as a more moderate official and politician of the SPP, and promised reforms to the country, starting with the relaxing of the 1969 Moral Decency Act. Such efforts proved very successful in regaining stability back to the country, and the early 2000s saw one of the most peaceful periods of Seratof post-1971. In a shocking turn of events, Molijan Tovor chose a neutral vice president, Alízija Marxalofa, to be his running mate in the 2005 presidential election done by congress, in which he won reelection with a very tiny margin. In late 2005, he promised to step down as president in 2006 to pave way for his vice to continue on leading the country. He eventually stepped down as president on the 19th of February 2006.

Alízija Marxalofa was sworn in on the same day as Tovor's resignation, and immediately repealed several laws created by the SPP congress. One of them included in the "First Day Repeals" was the Moral Decency Act, leaving the stage for pornography and the legal status of the adult film industry in a sort of limbo. Many once prominent adult filmmakers and studios began reopening their doors and their facilities to accomodate the new regulations, only to find out that owning and operating an adult film industry and corporation was technically still illegal, with only its production and distribution ban being repealed on the first day repeals. On the 18th of April 2006, Árulim studios registered itself as a non-profit charity organization and was legally justified to begin their operations due to a loophole in the Seratofian charities act.

Many other filmmakers and producers followed suit and registered themselves as charities, with the viewers and "donators" or "patrons", and the company delivering the "aid" given by the viewers towards their actors, legally defined as the "needy" under Seratofian charity law. In return for their subscription ("donations"), these companies "gift" their patrons with "videos", which are just normal adult videos in disguise.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the SPP engaged in a very brutal form of by matching people of "desirable" qualities and traits deemed very attractive by the SPP to represent the Seratofian race with other people possessing similar qualities, and were forced to "reproduce for the state" by bearing many children, with some women even reporting to have been asked to bear as much as 5 children. Along with the general attitudes towards physical appearance and traits, the SPP wanted to ideally forged the Seratofian man and woman to be "one of the most superior in Central Artemia, if not the entirety of Artemia." Historical data shows that the average height of Seratofian males increased significantly between 1975 and 2005, with a total incraese of more than 12 cm recorded in 30 years. One side effect of the eugenics presented by the Seratofian People's Party by selectively breeding the population is a general increase of people who are deemed "fit for the adult industry" than other before, either due to their attractiveness or other qualities.

Such results and factors are thought to have contributed to the unprecedented boom of the Seratofian adult industry after 2006, with more actors and filmmakers than ever before. Seratofian pornography, for the first time, flourished with its eventual viewership that reached the tens of millions as recorded in 2015. In 2016, there were a record 78 legal studios and industries registered under "charities", employing more than 2,000 actors. Seratofian pornography has also taken an interesting turn to be one of the most-prominent capitals of Anterra, with almost half of the 2,000 registered actors (registered as the "needy" under Seratofian law) to be catering to the gay porn industry. One of the largest gay porn producers in Anterra named Bang Bus, established recently in 2014, has gained an international viewership of more than 20 million annually, raking in more than 500 million Zakkas in revenue for the year 2019.

Publication
Throughout its history, the evolution of publication of Seratofian pornography has developed closely with the technology of and  available at that period. Starting from erotic writings which encompassed short stories, novellas, and full on erotic novels to small-scale drawings and photos, and finally with films and videos with the advent of the and increasd video capturing technology. By the 1970s and 1980s, underground black market adult films were also mainly distributed via and. Upon the onset of the internet, adult filmmakers and producers resorted to and  methods of distribution, greatly increasing the viewership of their videos as international audiences were, for the first time, exposed to Seratofian adult films at a large scale.

Print
The earliest adult-related material in Seratof dates back to the Samot-Seratofian Empire with the publication of small-scale writings, usually by anonymous writers, containing erotic material which touches on the daily life and exaggerated romance stories, which go in-detail on, thus differentiating it from other romance stories and pamphlets popular at the time as a form of quick entertainment. These writers would rent a machine to publish a set number of pamphlets or stories without mentioning the publisher or the writer's name on the printed material. Writers would distribute their material by selling them to various vendors and sellers by renting a spot in their respective stands, and recieve profit from the sales of their writings through the vendors. These short stories and scripts were often passed among groups of friends as "novelty".

In 1908, the first official publishing press which specifically publishes erotic material for adults was set up, and several authors previously known only by pseudonyms or fake names came to light. Some of these writers included Änton Fridási, Gjérji Thimano, and Álif Rjesamo, gaining a sort of infamous reputation among several communities. Up to the 1920s, there were generally no pictures or other visual representations of the acts or scenes depicted in the stories and all.

In 1933, one year after the passing of the free speech act, the first adult magazines were published, initially exclusively containing explicit photos and content, dubbed "gentlemen's magazines." These magazines were originally published monthly, with notable magazines of the time period coming into publication such as Gari in June of 1933, Mara in August of 1933, and Asboro in January of 1934. An increased subscription rate among males prompted several magazines such as Gari and Asboro to increase their frequency of release from once a month to twice a month. These magazines were highly controversial, both at the political stage and at a personal stage, with many divorces of the late 1930s being attributed to husbands that viewed these magazines too often, leading to jealousy and irritation on behalf of the wife.

In response, these magazines lessened the nudity and the explicit content already present in their magazines and added sections towards more general lifestyle and celebrity news.

Movies and films
With the advent of more advanced recording techniques and technology, the first adult videos in Seratof were produced somewhere around the late 1930s, and finally in the early 40s real human sounds were added into the mix. Initially, these videos would only be played in select theaters and other gathering spaces permitted by both the community and government, requiring an identity check before viewing these movies.

In the 1970s and 1980s, and s were the main medium of pornographic viewing, often disguised as other movies or content to bypass the stringent authority presiding over the entire Seratofian adult film industry at the time. These were able to be brought home to be enjoyed at a private pleasure, although still punishable by fines if caught. Black markets and sites specifically designed for the sale of these videos flourished throughout Seratof during the SPP era. Producers and distributors had to rely on back-alley filming and production sites to stay under the radar of the authorities.

Internet
The internet is the largest source of adult entertainment and pornography for most Seratofians.