Religion in Walosia
Today, religion is something private and on its way out of the Walosian society, but in the ancient times, religion played a huge part of everyone’s life and daily routine. The footprint of the ancient religions in Walosia is still visible. Quite a few cities, towns and even districts have been named after religious gods and goddess´s. A short list will be presented at the end of this post.
The religions that have gotten the most influence are both the Religio Romana and Christianity. Religio Romana was the mainstream religion in Walosia over many decades and is still the largest religion today with 6% of the population say they either practice the religion or just believe. Christianity comes at a close second with 5% of the population. In the late 500AD, as many as 79% of the population was directly involved with Religio Romana however, when Empress Victoria I was overthrown, the same number had gone down to a bare 12%.
Today, Walosia is considered a secular and atheistic society with a clear separation between church and state, which was separated in 900AD. However, most Walosian respect religious people and Walosia have complete freedom of religion, but with some limitation on how to exercise their religion, for instance human sacrifice became prohibited in early 600AD and animal sacrifice became prohibited in late 14th century. These decisions hit Religio Romana supporters quite hard, as the religion was known for sacrifice. Today, worshippers of Religio Romana has put their sacrifice history behind them and gone over to traditional mass and church service.
Other religions have seen their golden age in the Walosian history books, religions like the Hellenistic religion, Norse Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Buddhism and Judaism is still being practiced today. The largest one being the Hellenistic religion. Walosia has numerous religious sites concerning almost all the major religions, some small and some a lot larger. Most of these temples and churches are still being used today for mass and prayers but some are to old to work properly.
Religious statistics:
Secular/Atheist/Agnostic = 87%
Religio Romana = 6%
Christianity = 5%
Hellenism (Hellenistic Religion) = 1%
Other = 1%
List of districts, cities or towns with names from religious gods:
Districts:
Apollonia (after the Greek God Apollo)
Fortunia (after the roman God Fortuna)
Christiania (after Jesus Christ)
Cities and towns:
Lokem (after the Norse God Loke)
Saturna (After the Roman God Saturn)
Amora (After the Greek God Amor)
Bacchu (After the Roman God Bacchus)
