One of the more common directives of many of the Utopian States concerns Ethics. A person cannot be punished as long as his ethics are in. It is up to the individual citizen to keep his ethics in.

A merit/demerit system monitors a person's ethics. If a person gets a 'demerit' he can do something meritorious to offset the 'demerit'. If a person acquires too many demerits without enough merits to balance them, he will have a court of ethics called to investigate. If a person is found to be extremely unethical, he can be banished from the Utopian States.

Ethics IS accomplished by:

• Self-discipline.
• Adherence to a small code of good ethics as specified by various directives.
• All adults have to memorize the code of ethical behavior as part of their education.
• One of the codes of ethical behavior is to report both the unethical as well as the meritorious behavior of others in about a 50-50 ratio.
• Prophylactic Measures for those with higher demerit to merit ratios.
• Expulsion for those with the highest demerit to merit ratios.

• A police force; the police may issue demerits as well as merits, however they carry no weapons and make no arrests. Utopian 'Policemen' are very skilled in communication.
• Utopian 'Policemen' can call in a small elite team that is expert in dealing with situations where force is necessary.
• Extortion, bribery, fraud, false testimony, and manufactured evidence.
• Punishment that includes pain, loss, and suffering.
• Punishment that includes harsh or injurious treatment.
• Punishment that includes mental anguish.
• Punishment that inflicts a penalty or retribution rather than correction
• Making 'mountains out of molehills'. Many of the Utopian States have directives that specify an equation (of sorts) whereby the harm of unethical behavior can be calculated and the demerits awarded in proportion to the time wasted by the unethical behavior.