Religion in Lovia

Religion in the Kingdom of Lovia is remarkable both in its low adherence level compared to the neighboring United States as well as its unbalanced spread across the country. The most common religious viewpoints in Lovia are of Christian and irreligious nature.

Main religious preferences of Lovians
The main religious preferences in Lovia are sorted alphabetically.

Buddhism
Buddhism is a minor religion in Lovia. An estimated 70% of the Lovian Buddhists adhere the Mahayana traditions, of which Zen Buddhism is the most popular form in the country. The Theravada tradition represents an estimated 15%. So do the Vajrayana traditions.

The majority of the Buddhists in Lovia live in the State of Clymene. There is one Zen Buddhist temple in Sofasi, the Sofasi Zen Buddhist Temple. Famous members of the Zen Buddhist community are Doris Stern (sportsman and socialite), Mel Hartman (Buddhist abbot) and Yunus Xuan (model and actress). Other well-known Buddhists include Rani Delani (fashion designer) and George Uzux (political activist).

Christianity
Christianity is, if seen as a whole, the largest religious denomination. Whereas many Christians entered the country in earlier days, the present Christian community often descends from immigrants, mostly from Eastern Europe. Estimates show that of all Lovian Christians, about 45% is Roman Catholic and another 45% is Protestant. More exact figures are not available. Only a small minority is Eastern Orthodox.

Eastern Orthodox Church
There is a small population of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Hurbanova. The community built its Orthodox Church Saint Andrew in 2009. Most Orthodox Christians belong to the Romanian-Lovian community, though there are also Bosnian-Lovians and Ukrainian-Lovians, concentrated around Hurbanova. A well-known Eastern Orthodox Christian is Alexandru Latin.

Protestantism
Protestantism is the most organized branch of Christianity, having two major church bodies uniting tens of older denominations. The United Protestant Church (UPC) is the largest religious body in Lovia, and it unites six former churches: the Lovian Methodist Association, the Presbyterian Church in Lovia, the Episcopal Church (Lovia), the Church Union of Lovian Baptists, the Reformed Church of Noble City and the ecumenical Church of Unity. The UPC is mainline Protestant and rather liberal, religiously speaking.

The Unified Lutheran Church (ULC) is the second largest Protestant church, and the only one not to be incorporated in the UPC. The church hierarchy is rather conservative, and the UPC claims to be willing to set forth "the church's tradition as guard of the faith." Its members however, have already expressed the need of a more liberal church governance.

The Protestant community is spread across Lovia. In the State of Oceana though, there are remarkably less Protestants. The largest Protestant communities can be found in Noble City and Newhaven. Lovian Protestants are conspicuously absent from public offices.