The problem with the bounty system is that it is pretty much a declaration of war against the non-slave states. Effectively, the slave states are issuing "Letters of Marque" to their bounty hunters to go out and capture as many unregistered females as they can in order to earn a living. The non-slave states would, of course, resist this incursion into their sovereignty and the kidnapping of their citizens.<br/><br/>You also have the problem of supply and demand. If it is legal for anyone to go abroad and bring back an unregistered female, then pretty soon everyone is doing it and so the bounty drops because otherwise it is unsustainable. This makes it not worth while to do and so no-one does it. This puts the bounty back up, and so on. To stabilise the bounty, the best way would be to register and licence the bounty hunters.<br/><br/>But, if there are only a few registered bounty hunters legally allowed to capture escapees, then we are back to the position we started at, with the black market slavers illegally capturing women and bringing them in "under the radar", using corrupt officials to get them into the system.<br/><br/>So, no bounty.<br/><br/>I also think that the under 18 status of females requires clarification?<br/><br/>Hai, my understanding was that they were still effectively slaves. A female minor would have no rights, where a male minor would have some. So I would suggest to Vin to change "Free = female under 18" to "Minor = female under 18".