Machina

The Machina religion is a eastern religion founded in the Poezian - Junzian and Baezian regions. It mainly focuses on worshiping and becoming one of with the SNDWVEs of old.

Beliefs
The Machina believe above all else that machine and man kind should be equal and should co-exist in a symbiotic relationship. To achieve this; the Machina recruit their members by inserting a SNDWVE into a person's body (normally the back of their head). This unfortunately kills the person as the SNDWVE is designed to replace the brain.

When in public, a Machina member is required to wear a long fitting gown that conceal their skull, as they act human like as possible

Legalty
The Machina Religion as a whole is a controversial religion; as it is has been officially banned in all Empire aligned countries as in their system, SNDWVEs are treat as slaves and tools of war. However in most of the countries; they would merely be detained and deported to a Machina friendly country, but in the Vallum Empire; any Machina members found within the empire shall be executed.

However in Poeze, Junze and Baeze, the religion is much more accepted; and to a degree has become an offical religion, but the one with the least amount of rights is Poeze, despite it being a protected religion; it can only recruit ten people per month, and it is heavily oppressed due to Tohovok noblemen running the king's court.

In Junze, the religion is free to practice and is generally more common to see Machina villages along the border with Poeze. The birthplace of the Machina religion is considered to have been born in Junze's deepest jungles.

History
The Machina faith began sometimes prior to the fall of the SNDWVE Empire, as humans who lived on the fringes of the ancient empire, they were merchants and traders who saw these spheres as a god like figure. When this ancient empire fell, the relgion was spread due to numerous jungle villages uniting into small kingdoms to spread it, one such kingdom held an ancient SNDWVE in their castle.

As the years went on, the Machina faith was a dominant force in the Uakari Jungles, as leaders were able to unite their kingdoms under a single faith. Everything changed when Poeze was founded, and it was soon transformed into a Tohovokian kingdom, along with it's more traditional beliefs. During the era of the Poezian Empire, the Machina religion was forced to accept no more than 10 people into their religion in a month, and this rule was accepted by gunpoint.

Since the Poezian Empire fell, both Junze and Baeze have allowed the faith to continue in their lands, without much oppression, while Poeze is very limiting of the faith, and has become a point of conflict, as the Machina speaker attempted to overthrow Poeze's kingship, with the help of Clone Ricken.