[jimt]

You mean countries with established churches, like England?

No, I mean countries with religious (as opposed to secular) legal systems, like Saudi Arabia, or Iran. Where certain vices, or perceived vices, are regulated harshly.

[Aquinasfan]

No, I mean countries with religious (as opposed to secular) legal systems, like Saudi Arabia, or Iran. Where certain vices, or perceived vices, are regulated harshly.

Are you equating law based on the natural law, like ours, with Sharia law?

The former is based on the natural order of things and is knowable by all people.