WCR/Religion

"Any religion that takes more then 10 minutes of of your time a day couldve been spent curing a disease, or inventing something to benefit the nation." -Chase Smith
"Congratulations to the people of Hillandia and Rift for changing WCR forever, it is not the type of change I have wanted, but it is what the people need now." -Chase Smith 845 PC
Religion in WCR was banned and the government has a Marxist-type state atheism, the government says other religions that waste time by sitting in a room all day is illegal and is waste of resource and human lifespan, instead the government told people to focus on science instead of religion. This somewhat decreased relations with Velentos, unknown if Agartha is affected. The government is also secular, meaning that any religion within the government branch is discouraged and any symbol of religion is banned. Chase calls religion a cult of organized brainwashed fools and that it is a phenomenon that humans created to slow themselves down, and that the banning of religion is a dark but necessary step to further mankind. Due to increasing instability and control of other regions within the WCR Union (espicially Hillandia), Chase Smith ordered that on 845 PC A democratic referendum would be put in place which would decide if religion would still be illegal in WCR, it is one of the biggest voting events Uonia has ever had, with 90% of WCR citizens placing their vote on BAN or REPEAL. The REPEAL vote came out with an astonishing 61%, with Mainland WCR being the most populous and negative on religion (76% voted BAN), Riftian Region being slightly religious (69% voted REPEAL), and Hillandia being the most religious helped the REPEAL vote be lifted. (98% voted REPEAL). After the results came in, massive amounts of stability was restored in regions that joined the Union, and WCR became open to religion once more (albeit the government still holding WCR's main religion being Atheist.) Large amounts of detained inmates for religious crimes were also released that day, and members of secret churches came out to celebrate.