NationStates Jolt Archive

Hi, i'm new to this so please forgive me if this is the wrong place or this has been raised before (i did have a browse).

I started a nation that i wanted to direct towards being strongly religious, and at first the description of my nation was nicely religion-neutral (i.e. referring to it as a nation of 'devout' people). Unfortunately something i seem to have done has brought up a descriptive element of "the government is seen to favor Catholics". I've got no idea where this came from as i don't recall anything specifically Catholic being an issue. It spoils my roleplaying somewhat as i do not intend this nation to be specifically Catholic.

Apologies if this is my mistake and i have done something specifically favouring Catholics, but it seems like it's possible that the game has assumed that being devout implies being Catholic. I hope this is not the case as i was imagining my nation to be a Muslim one.

If this Catholic aspect of the message isn't required i think it should be changed to something religion-neutral, and if catholic-specific things do exist in the game then i hope that there are also Muslim, Hindu, Bhuddist etc[1]. specific things too

Thanks,

Z

[1] not intended to be exhaustive list.

It happens when you pick the Catholic spiritual advisor. Personally I always pick the New Age advisor as that ones closer to my national religion.

Ahhhh, i remember that issue now. A shame that it is catholic specific as the sentiments of that advisor were closest to how i saw the nation developing. I guess i should have dismissed that issue. Never mind, thank you.

Don't worry, the Catholic thing will go away sooner or later.

It's just kind of an exaggeration and a parody. The issue has someone preaching how to "reach god through guilt", and so it's mocking that kind of attitude, prevalent among Catholics. It doesn't say anything specific about the religion of your country, per se.

You could submit an issue that suits your wishes, in regards to religion.

Yes, luckily issues do fade.

You could always try to use it to your advantage in RP--role play a national uprising away from the Catholic Church or something of the like.

thanks a lot to everyone for the information and advice :)