More Faiths
I wasn’t a fan of the fact that the base game kind of just swept most of the world religions under the umbrella of "Animism", so I expanded the number of religions.
Definitely not a comprehensive list of religions and probably inaccurate in a number of ways, but an attempt was made.
List of changes
– Added a plethora of new religions to the game, including:
- Akom
- Alcheringa
- Anglican
- "Bantu Folk Religion" (a coverall for the various traditions of the Bantu people)
- Bön
- Bori
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Confucianism
- Eskaleut Shamanism
- "Indian Tribal Faith" (a coverall for the various non-Vedic polytheistic faiths of India)
- Inti
- Jainism
- Kepercayyan (a coverall for the various non-Hindu polytheistic faiths of Indonesia)
- "Khoisan Folk Religion (a coverall for the traditions of the Khoisan people)
- Kushitic
- Malagasy
- Mandé
- Mayan
- Mormon
- Nahuatl
- "Native North American" (a coverall for the various Native American traditions)
- "Native South American" (a coverall for the various non-Inti South American traditions)
- Orisa
- Polynesian
- "Rift Valley Folk Religion" (a coverall for the traditions of Eastern Africa which don’t fit well under another faith)
- Roog Sene
- Satsana Phi
- Siberian Shamanism
- Suomenusko
- Taoism
- Tengriism
- Vodun
- Waaqeffanna
- Zoroastrian
– Changed the starting populations to follow these new faiths and eliminate any trace of the old Animism faith, including adding the Parsi people to the state of Gujarat
– Added additional traits to the old and new faiths to allow faiths to be considered similar to each other without having the same heritage
– Added an additional law to the Church and State laws that allows faiths that are similar to the state religion to be tolerated even if they don’t come from the same religious tradition
– Added an additional law to the Citizenship laws that only approves of cultures which share a non-heritage cultural trait
– Changed the starting religion of several countries to some of the new faiths
– Added decisions for certain nations to convert away from their starting faith to one of the new faiths, specifically:
- Countries with an African diaspora culture as a primary culture can convert to Vodun
- The Indian Territories can convert back to the Native North American faith
- Hawaii can convert back to the Polynesian faith
- Any country with Zapotec, Nahua, Tarascan, or Mixtec as their primary culture can convert back to Nahuatl
- Any country with Mayan or Miskito as their primary culture can convert back to Mayan
- Any country with Quechua or Aimara as their primary culture can convert back to Inti
- Several former Spanish colonies can convert to the faith of their indigenous peoples if they make their laws less discriminatory
- Any country in India with a native culture that is not Islamic can swap between Jainism, Hinduism, Indian Tribal beliefs, Sikhism, and Buddhism
- Chinese countries can swap between Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Chinese Pagan beliefs
– The releasable countries of Tawantinsuyu and Aymara in South America are now Unrecognized countries instead of Decentralized countries
