Nugganism

Nugganism is the chief religion of Borogravia. It is not practiced widely except in Borogravia, and Borogravian ethnic minorities in Humerland and the PRA.

Nuggan
Nugganism is a monotheistic religion that involves worship of the god Nuggan.

Nuggan is a small, plump god, with a fussy moustache. He is the god of paperclips, correct things in the right place in small desk stationery sets, and unnecessary paperwork. His archangel, known as Clippy, appears as a sentient paperclip. There are other angels that also resemble paperclips.

Nuggan is insane.

Holy Book of Nuggan
The Holy Book of Nuggan, also known as the Living Testament, is the sacred text of the religion. It is called the Living Testament as it continues to expand (mostly the abominations).

Abominations
The majority of the Living Testament is constituted of abominations. There are at least 6668 such abominations, including:


 * Any book, pamphlet, periodical or newspaper that is not directly inspired by the word of Nuggan.


 * Live fish.


 * Saucers.


 * Teeth that are false and not of Nature, and, as the benevolence of Nuggan, intended.


 * Mechanical devices for the measuring of time.


 * Umbrellas or any other Devices that shield the wearer from the Blessings of Nature.


 * Shoehorns
 * Corn plasters.


 * Any preparation, cream, unguent, distillation or powder that interferes with the natural course of such inflictions deemed of penitential value, as Nuggan, in His mercy, sees fit to bless his people with.


 * Abomination Hatboxes of an un-natural shape.

Recent:
 * Chocolate
 * Garlic
 * Mushrooms
 * The colour blue
 * Babies
 * Crop rotation
 * Girls in men's clothing (whether the other way round is an Abomination, too, remains unknown)
 * Girls knowing how to write
 * Pictures of living things
 * Cats
 * Dwarfs
 * Barking dogs
 * Oysters
 * Shirts with six buttons
 * Cheese
 * Messages in the sky (Clacks and carrier pigeons) as prayers may bump into them
 * Rocks
 * Ears
 * Accordion players
 * Theatres and similar
 * The smell of beets


 * Petrol
 * Aircraft
 * Synthetic medicine
 * Lobsters
 * Saltiness
 * Machine-guns
 * Walrus
 * Inutilians
 * Anybody with more than two pairs of shoes
 * Stencils
 * Birthmarks
 * Eyelash extensions
 * Imitation crabmeat
 * Radio
 * Display cabinets
 * Toilet paper
 * Trees
 * Movies
 * Heavy
 * The number 46
 * Haluristan
 * Basil
 * Dinosaur shaped
 * Chewing gum
 * Chewing gum (verbal phrase)
 * Verbal phrases
 * Underwear
 * Glue
 * Bandanas
 * Bananas
 * Sea-lions
 * Horse-shoes made of iron, or steel with less than 10% carbon by weight
 * Vegetables
 * Chess
 * Bare-knuckle boxing
 * Elderly people wearing pink
 * Use of "persons" rather than "people"
 * Grammar
 * Monkeys
 * Foreign cuisine
 * Fictional characters known as "George Washington" - cause for famous Borogravian-Humerlandish author G.H. Wells to be expatriated
 * Humerland

Practice in other countries
Nugganism used to be the state religion of Inutilia until Juliet III abolished it and declared total freedom of religion. It was first introduced to Inutilia by Teppic II; later historians said "If he'd been trying to make himself unpopular he couldn't have done a better job". It was in fact abolished once before Juliet III; Teppic IV (the only popular monarch in the Teppican Dynasty) got rid of it, but it was later reintroduced by his daughter Juliet II.

Nugganism is common in Borogravian minorities in Humerland and the PRA.