State Way of the Ninja

State Way of the Ninja (国会忍び道, Kokka Shinobidō ) is the Second Ninjagoan Empire's ideological use of the Ninjagoan folk traditions of Way of the Ninja. The state strongly encourages Way of the Ninja practices to emphasize the Emperor as a divine being, which is exercised through control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests.
The State Way of the Ninja ideology emerged in the beginning of the Empire of Ninjago, after government officials forbade freedom of religion within the Kareastikuru constitution. Imperial scholars believed Way of the Ninja reflected the historical fact of the Emperor's divine origins rather than a religious belief, and argued that it should enjoy a privileged relationship with the Ninjagoan state. The government argued that Way of the Ninja was a non-religious moral tradition and patriotic practice. Shrines were defined as patriotic, not religious, institutions, which served state purposes such as honoring the war dead.
== In the Second Ninjagoan Empire ==
After gaining power, the Great Ninjago Prosperity Association made a reconstitution of Ninjago which included many laws based around Way of the Ninja, including obligatory Way of the Ninja practises and laws of respect towards Way of the Ninja priests, the dieties and the Emperor (to name a few). However, Way of the Ninja appears mainly in political programs, including expanding Way of the Ninja into foreign territories.
Category:Ninjagoism
Category:Ninjago Folklore