Freedom of Thought ratings by country/Obanacia

For 75 years, Obanacia was often described as a secular, religiously pluralistic, and parliamentary constitutional democracy, following the assassination of Rasa Tahamirjadasa in 1942 and the secularization of the state in 1943. Even though Obanacia has been one of the most religious countries in the world, it was one of the religiously tolerant democracies as sectarian violence was very rare. However, following the election of the Nutaderrami fundamentalist government of President Jati Nasanga Kore and his Hajorai Nasé Bakira Ukhrahdan party, Obanacia has spiraled into a religious, socially conservative, and authoritarian turn. Serious concerns about religious freedom, freedom of expression, Hajor and Nutaderrami nationalism, discrimination against other ethnicities, other civil liberties have risen in the past few years.

According to the 2020 Census, Nutaderram is the most practiced religion; 70% of the population is Nutaderrami. Islam, is the second largest religion in Obanacia, being largely practiced by the Dajankagrash and Far minorities, which comprise 20% of the population. Animism and Buddhism are two of the significant minority religions in Obanacia, comprising 4% and 3% respectively. The locally founded Jonkanra, an offshoot of Nutaderram, was once the largest minority faith in the country, but the religion steadily declined after the Nutaderrami Hajor Kingdom persecuted the Jonkanra minority. However, it should be noted that there are reports of Nutaderram being only widely practiced by the Hajors, as the religion has rapidly declined among the Baritoa people and other ethnic minorities. Even with Nutaderrami rapidly declining among those ethnic groups, it is likely that the government has encouraged the irreligious to select Nutaderram as their religion, as the government has stigmatized against explicitly stating irreligion.

The country is found to be declining, and the authoritarian and desecularizing reforms has caused Obanacia to be regared as infamous for its deteriorating human rights record. During Kore's presidency, governmental respect for ethnic minorities, atheists, and LGBT+ people has been virtually extinct with his Nutaderrami-extreme right-Hajor nationalist-authoritarian agenda. The 2019 Constitution declared Obanacia to be a Nutaderrami state and founded on the principles of Kore's agenda that aims to hegemonize Obanacian politics and society in favor of the historically dominant Hajor ethnic group and the Nutaderrami people.