Religion in Vandaysia

Vandaysia is constitutionally a secular state, therefore the government has no influence in religious affairs. A number of different religions are practised in the country, and their collective influence on the country's political, economic and cultural life is significant. The Vandaysian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. The government recognises only six official religions (Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism and of course, Atheism and Agnosticism). Although based on data collected by the Vandaysian Conference on Religion and Peace (VCRP), there are about 196 non-official religions in Vandaysia. In the 2016 Vandaysian census, 38.65% of Vandaysians identified themselves as Muslim (with Sunnis more than 99%,Shias 0.5%, Ahmadis 0.2%), 33.6% Protestant, 16.8% Catholic, 5.9% Other/not specified/not asked, 5.0% Atheist/Agnostic.

Blasphemy is usually not restricted, although in some very conservative departments and prefectures, mainly in Papua, Sulawesi or Maluku there are some local laws against it.

Christianity
Christianity is mainly practiced in the south of the country and in New Guinea.

Islam
Islam is mainly practiced in Sulawesi, in Northern Maluku, in some localities in Irin and Timor and in Sangkhat by communities of Indonesian immigrants or immigrants from other parts of Vandaysia.