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And even though there are always some intolerant people, you play as the country and its government, which in most cases doesn't discriminate based on religion.
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It would make no sense to make it either Muslim or Christian. In some countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are about 50% Christians and 50% Muslims and the government tolerates them both equally. And the irreligious countries are not the only ones where a state religion would be hard to define. but lack of religious fundamentalists and atheists in this mod is just upsetting lol Adding atheism wouldn't really work either, as there's no religious tension between theists and atheists. but lack of religious fundamentalists and atheists in this mod is just upsetting lol Perhaps my view of this is biased because I've lived and worked in US for so long, but it sure as hell seemed like there was religious tension brewing in England after Charlie Hebdo. Considering the insanely good job you've done with chalcedonium spreading it is weird that you choose to opt out with secularism and just remove religion from the equation completely. Scandinavian/Finno-Ugric countries aside, some countries in the EU still have a damn strong religious lobby. Wouldn't making atheism as a religion remedy all that and create a more representative outlook of the world. The minor differences there are in real life are not so significant that they would need to be represented in the mod. Even in the more religious countries like the US, the government is officially secular and doesn't favor any religion over another. It would be quite weird to assign a state religion to those countries.
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Then there are countries like Czech Republic and Estonia, where majority of the population are atheists. I live in Finland, which is one of the least religious countries in the world and I can tell that religion has absolutely no meaning in politics. USA is also not a very good example of a secular country, as its population is very religious compared to most European countries. The main reason it was added is that it would otherwise be very hard to define the state religions of some countries. Originally posted by qweytr:There's always the option to abandon secularism if you don't like it.
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