Can i actually create an atheist nation in this one?

[SWK]

Last game, i could easily make a terrifying theocracy, but it was just impossible to create a terrifying atheist dictatorship. Religious people kept popping up and it just wasn't possible to deport people easily enough to keep the place clean.

So, can you actually create an atheist nation in this game, or is it just a polite lie?

[Reo]

I haven't tried on this one yet, but I never had an issue doing it with 5. I just remember you had to keep bringing their faction support down. After a while they are just so unliked if you do get a couple it doesn't matter because they eventually leave

[Kunovega]

There is an atheist option in the constitution, but you'll need to actively shoot or arrest your religious population to enforce it or they will cry over not having churches

[TrueBlue_Oz]

Good idea, I would go as far to suggest a sandbox mode that has only basic choices like leaving the england and starting from scratch, like using embassies in relation with foreign countries.. also allowing you to choose if you want elections or to become a true dictatorship..

[TrueBlue_Oz]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

There is an atheist option in the constitution, but you'll need to actively shoot or arrest your religious population to enforce it or they will cry over not having churches

That is ind of silly though, because even athiests allow other people to believe in what they want ..

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by c0mpute:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

There is an atheist option in the constitution, but you'll need to actively shoot or arrest your religious population to enforce it or they will cry over not having churches

That is ind of silly though, because even athiests allow other people to believe in what they want ..

I didn't design it this way. I just know that the only time I tried using the atheist constitution setting I had tons of people complaining about the lack of churches (because you can't build any). If you don't shoot them they start to rebel

You can just leave it neutral and let people believe what they want without being a theocracy, but you would need to actually provide some churches for the people who believe

What you have to realize is that this is still a dictatorship, no buildings get built by private people. There's no free church being provided by some outside influence. You either provide churches for your people or you don't. You either command that they must be atheist or you allow them to choose while still being responsible for providing them with the buildings needed to support their choice.

This isn't a free market system where a private church will set up without your direct control

[jlking3rd]

You have control of the media and schools if you want to. You can get the religious faction down to almost nothing it you set your mind to it. Who knows though, there might still be enough to cause a bit of rebel discontent...

[based af]

it's a shame you can't ban factions completely like you could in Tropico 4 (I always banned either the religious or the environmentalists). that being said, building a few Cathedrals here and there and performing some odd favours for the pious folks isn't really that bad in the end

[dande48]

You can, but the Religious won't like it. Banning a faction seems OP, but there are enough ways to persuade them away, or have them leave. The "atheist state" disables all religious buildings. You can institutionalize them, making them lose their political affiliation. There's a landmark you can import, to prevent citizens from having "die-hard" political views, and then convert them through TV and movies to "intellectualism". You can also enact a "Love it or leave it" emigration policy, which causes unhappy citizens to leave. You can have drones kill rebels or the "unfavorables".

[Lord Haart]

Yes, u can make an atheist nation.

[based af]

You can try, but I've only had success by stealing Brandenburg and running media buildings on communist propaganda mode (I say communist since I usually play with free housing and food for the people which the commies love)

That being said, I don't really find it to be worth it, since many Tropicans need that faith happiness in order to be more productive. I'd rather build some churches and cathedrals here and there. It's easier and requires less micro.