Retconning Daenism, the Bidar, and Geraja

[Wu Han]

UPDATES:

Wind me up and watch me go...

• I have created this page and this page on the "religion" topic of the forum (the latter is more a work-in-progress).
  
• I have created/updated the following wiki pages: Daenism, Maitrayana, Thanavada, Vasiyana, Vascanian religions, Vascosphere, Geraja, Zenshõ, the Bodhita, Xsampan Daenism, Schools of Daenism, and Daenism by country, Geraja by country and Major religious groups
  
• I have updated every reference to the prior names for Thanavada, Maitrayana, and the Bodhita on the wiki (i.e. on country pages, history pages, etc.) as well as in my own forum posts.
  
• On Xsampan Daenism, I worked with Elena/Weimarska to produce a background and history that fits their work and RP regarding Xsampan Daenism, Xsampan history, etc., thus far, developing the four main schools of Xsampan Daenism – Gadram (RL: Gelug), Sarmöl (RL: Nyingma), Pelnyak (RL: Sakya), Kadrü (RL: Kagyu) and Rimkhor (RL: Rimé) reform movement – and their role in modern Xsampan society.
  
• Geraja remains a bit more of a work-in-progress as it's slightly lower priority to my RP personally. Nevertheless, we trudge on.
  

REQUEST TO MODERATION:

1. When possible, please change the following terms in CPs where they appear:

• Mazdayana -> Maitrayana
  
• Upayana -> Thanavada
  

This implicates a reasonable number of CPs, but it is simply an update to reflect the new terms we are using – no change in actual numbers or anything meaningful is being requested.

2. Some small suggestions for possible CP updates (not super important, but sensible in my opinion):

• Reducing the number of Daenists in Aldegar, as given the retcon it's unlikely they'd have as many as they do (from 10% to 2-5% is my recommendation).
  
• Reducing the number of Daenists in Liore, as 12% seems rather high for an African-inspired country with only 2% Kunihito and 4% other (from 12% to 1-4% is my recommendation)
  
• Reducing the number of Daenists in Istapali, for similar reasons as Liore (from 3% to 0-1% is my recommendation)
  
• Changing Dalibor's Daenist adherents to be more Mahayana (Maitrayana) than Theravada (Thanavada); I recommend roughly 6-8% Thanavada (to account for the religious beliefs of the Hanzai (Thai) population) and the remainder being Maitrayana (as this is the dominant form in Yingdala and among other Gao-Showan countries/cultures)
  
• A slight increase to the number of Gerajis in Vascania (my recommendation is from 9% to 12-15%, at the expense of Hosianism and/or Sundarat Dharma, but preferably the former given the over-representation of Hosians in PT (see my wiki page for "Major religious groups")
  

Thanks in advance to the Moderator(s) for your time and consideration.