{"schemaVersion":"1.0","language":"en","modifiedAt":"2026-11-13T19:37:01Z","record":{"id":"lore:scandinavian-tequila-immigration-act","kind":"lore","slug":"scandinavian-tequila-immigration-act","title":"Scandinavian Union Immigration Act","intro":"The legislation discussed in Scandinavian Tequila is part of its imagined setting, not a statement of current immigration law.","sourceWorkIds":["scandinavian-tequila"],"evidenceBasis":"Supplied manuscript opening and original editorial interpretation","spoilerLevel":"introductory","sections":[{"title":"Policy introduced through news","body":"The Scandinavian Union Immigration Act is discussed in a television news segment encountered by Diego and Javier in Scandinavian Tequila. Introducing legislation through a broadcast places it within a particular form of public explanation. The brothers hear about something beyond their immediate workplace while still situated in the familiar circumstances of their day. Readers can distinguish the report, the characters’ prior impressions and the broader fictional setting in which those impressions have formed.","url":"https://paulhaedo.com/lore/scandinavian-tequila-immigration-act/#editorial-section-1"},{"title":"Keeping fiction and real policy separate","body":"The act and the Scandinavian Union as described here belong to the novel. This entry does not provide legal guidance, establish real eligibility rules or reproduce the fictional legislation’s provisions. It offers a way to read a policy reference as part of characterization and setting. Ask which details a speaker considers important, what a listener already believes, and what remains unknown. Those questions preserve room for the story instead of replacing it with a policy synopsis.","url":"https://paulhaedo.com/lore/scandinavian-tequila-immigration-act/#editorial-section-2"}],"questions":["How does the broadcast format shape the presentation of public information?","Which parts of a character’s response depend on expectations formed before the report?"],"modifiedAt":"2026-11-13T19:37:01Z","websiteLanguage":"en","editorialAuthor":"Paul Haedo author website — AI-prepared editorial guidance","canonicalUrl":"https://paulhaedo.com/lore/scandinavian-tequila-immigration-act/","sourceEnglish":"https://paulhaedo.com/lore/scandinavian-tequila-immigration-act/","deliberateManuscriptQuotations":false,"scope":"Spoiler-light introduction. This complements the source books and does not reproduce their text.","sources":[{"workId":"scandinavian-tequila","title":"Scandinavian Tequila","url":"https://paulhaedo.com/books/scandinavian-tequila/"}]}}