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}}'''Pagan Theocracy''' is a [[File:Religious.png]] [[:Category:Religious|religious]], culturally variable, civically variable, and economically variable and usually center ideology that wants paganism to be the ruling religion over the community. In state societies, this usually manifests itself in extreme [[File:Sec.png]] [[Authoritarianism|authoritarianism]] and while may somewhat vary, often will execute those who have a different interpretation of pagan beliefs. However in tribal societies it often is extremely libertarian and varies greatly among practitioners of different areas and is generally much less statist and is usually more of a structure of social taboos to ensure the survival of the tribe and was "more or less" decided by the people of said tribe, whether it be through democratic vote and/or traditional societal roles such as elders or chiefs who often either were elected by the tribe and/or were given such power via tradition.

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Pagan Theocracy has been almost as old as humanity itself. With traditions and superstitions often serving providing ways for humans to understand their place in life, eventually it has evolved all across the world to encompass various different non-monotheistic belief systems and pantheons. It could be argued that all major religions today started from Paganistic pantheons.

The Roman Empire was this at certain times.

A good example of a hardcore pagan theocracy would be Mesoamerican empires such as the Aztec empire, which is known to be extremely extreme in their beliefs, and often being known to preform extreme rituals that often led to immense ammounts of sacrifice to the gods, examples being large-scale human sacrifice, child beatings and drowning, self-mutilation and constant warfare and razeing of enemy territories. But eventually due to outside disease and continued Colonialism from Western powers, as well as various native groups infighting with eachother, this way of life eventually collapsed and such traditions became a thing of the history books, although certain [[File:Native.png]] [[Indigenism|Indigenist]] political movements seek to revive aspects of Mesoamerican indiginous culture and beliefs such as [[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]], albeit without such religious extremism or sacrificial rituals.

Pagan Theocracy believes that a pagan religion should rule over the state. This was commonly done by either priests, druids, etc ruling or having power over the state in the name of the gods or by kings who called themselves a god. How they do it specifically depends on the pagan religion.

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Ancient Egyptian Pagan belief centered on [[File:Abmon.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|the Pharaohs]], the rulers of Egypt, believed to possess divine powers by virtue of their positions. They acted as intermediaries between their people and the gods, and were obligated to sustain the gods through rituals and offerings so that they could maintain "Ma'at", the order of the cosmos, and repel "Isfet", which was chaos. The state dedicated enormous resources to religious rituals and to the construction of temples. While there is much debate to the extent the pharaoh was considered a god, it seems most likely that the Egyptians viewed royal authority itself as a divine force. Therefore, although the Egyptians recognized that the pharaoh was human and subject to human weakness, they simultaneously viewed him as a god, because the divine power of kingship was incarnated in him. He therefore acted as intermediary between Egypt's people and the gods.

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Tengrism (Turkish: Tengricilik In ancient Turkish:𐱅𐰀𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰲𐰠𐰃𐰚) is a pagan religion that ancient Turkish and Mongolian tribes believed in. The religion is both pantheistic and pagan and is currently only believed by some people in Turkey.

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Hellenistic Pagans, or Ancient Greek Pagans, worship a pantheon of many different gods and goddesses, most notably the Twelve Olympians. These gods were considered to be immortal, however they were not all-powerful, or even all-good. They were subordinate in power to the concept of fate, they behaved like humans and had human vices. They also could interact with humans and even have children with humans. Some gods were specifically associated with a certain city. Athena was associated with Athens, Apollo with Delphi and Delos, Zeus with Olympia and Aphrodite with Corinth. But other gods were also worshipped in these cities. Other deities were associated with nations outside of Greece; Poseidon was associated with Ethiopia and Troy, and Ares with Thrace.

Ásatrú, also known as Norse Paganism, is one of the largest modern sects of paganism, and in Iceland, accounts for more than 1% of the entire population. Ásatrú hold the belief that there are multiple mortal Gods such as Odin, Thor and Freyja. Each God, or Áss, rules over a different part of the universe, for example thunder, war or the oceans. Æsir are not immortal, as shown by the story of the death of Baldr, nor are they omnibenevolent or omnipotent. The Æsir wage war with the Vanir, the secondary pantheon of Ásatrú. In terms of afterlife, Ásatrú believe that upon a death in combat, the soul is sent to Valhalla, hall of Odin, or Fólkvangr, hall of Freyja, where they will wait until the final battle with the Vanir at Ragnarök. Those who do not die in combat are believed to be reincarnated, with little interference from the Gods in the process.

Ásatrú is a highly liberal faith, as there is no strict dogma or holy book that teaches which exact beliefs to follow, so individuals are allowed to either devote themselves entirely to the pantheon, or simply be spiritual. Politically, Ásatrú value the preservation of the natural world, and are often environmentalists or primitivists, as well as a respect for traditional culture and faith. Ásatrú are divided over the importance of race and genetics in their religion, and subgroups espousing [[File:Odal.png]] [[Odalism]] or [[File:Volk.png]] [[Volkism]] have contributed to a far-right subsection of the faith. The far-right section of Ásatrú is more prevalent in America than Europe, and most European Ásatrú are liberal to left-wing, and Ásatrúarfélagið, the largest Ásatrú association in Iceland and Europe, has publically denounced these ideologies and supported the rights of Ethnic Minorities and the LGBT community. Ásatrú is a deeply divided faith with a bad reputation in America for its connections to the Far-Right, however elsewhere around the world, and for the vast majority of Ásatrú, the religion is one of peace and tolerance that encourages pacifism and ecologism over all.

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'''Inca Theocracy''' is the rule under the religion of the Inca. The Inca people were polytheistic, but their most important god was Inti, the Sun god, whom the Inca believed the Inca Emperors to be the lineal descendants of. Ruling in the governmental system was done by the ''Sapa'' who ruled over an aristocracy made up of local elites directly recruited by the by the state to serve them.

Between the diseases brought from Europe by the conquistadors, Atahualpa's capture and subsequent execution, the conquest of the Inca capital of Cusco (albeit it was reconquered briefly by the Incas) and the other military attacks the empire's strength was gradually weakened until it was fully conquered by the Spanish crown and the area was colonized.

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Has been argued to be a form of Proto-anarchism, influenced Karl Marx and his idea of "primitive communism" mythology, and structure a huge WIP.

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'''Slavo-Aryanism''' is the ideology of a warlord state and formable nation called '''Hyperborea''' in the Hearts of Iron IV mod The New Order: Last Days of Europe. It is a Russian ultranationalist ideology which takes heavy influence from contemporary Hyperborean thought and ancient slavic aesthetics it believes that Slavs are the true Aryans.

Slavo-Paganism rejects modern economics as either bolshevik weakness or jewish conspiracy, believing instead that the economy should be organized by priest-kings who give their orders on how the economy should be run based on the will of the gods, these Priest-Kings would also serve as supervisers and proselytizers in factories to guarantee that all are working in accordance to the ancient faith.

Pagan Theocracy's personality depends on what pagan religion you're representing. Though there are some personality traits that are consistent. He has a very close relationship with nature. He also has a great respect for the gods.

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*[[File:Envi.png]] [[Environmentalism]] - Shares my views on nature.

*[[File:Deepe.png]] [[Deep Ecology]] - '''''Really''''' shares my views on nature.

*[[File:Soul.png]] [[Soulism]] - He too knows the wonders of Traditional Psychedelics and can truly see into the spirit realm.

*[[File:Satan.png]] [[Satanic Theocracy]] - Going against the monotheists is based but you're very evil.

*[[File:Cultism.png]] [[Cultism]] - You seem to like me and all, but you don't actually seem to worship the spirits. (At least you took inspiration from the Aztecs for your mass human sacrifices though.)

*[[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]] - You force your religion onto our people. But when pagans did it against monotheistics, it was based.

*[[File:Chine.png]] [[Chinese Theocracy]] - THE YELLOW TURBAN REBELLION WAS BASED WHY DID YOU PURGE ME REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I AM GLAD THOSE TENGRI NOMADS KICKED YOUR ASS!

*[[File:Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy]] - YOU GOT RID OF MY INFLUENCE OVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE! DAMN YOU THEODOSIUS!!!

*[[File:Kratos.png]] [[Kraterocracy|Kratos]] - STOP KILLING MY GODS YOU MONSTER!!

*[[w:Imperial_cult|Imperial cult]]

*[[w:Pharaoh|Pharaoh]]

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