What is Secular state?
[[File:Secular States Map.svg|250px|right|thumb|Map of secular states in blue. States with [[state religion]]s are shown in red and [[:wikt:ambiguous|ambiguous]] states are shown in grey.]] A '''secular state''' is a [[state]] that does not have a [[state religion]] or a [[theocracy]], instead advocating [[secularism]] and a [[separation of church and state]]. Most states in the world today are secular states.<ref>Madeley, John T. S. and Zsolt Enyedi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=n5Brda6FmswC&dq Church and state in contemporary Europe: the chimera of neutrality], p. 14, 2003 Routledge</ref> ==List of secular countries== {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} There are two types of secular countries: * Constitutionally secular countries * Countries that practice [[state atheism]] {{colend}} ===Africa=== {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} * {{flag|Angola}} * {{flag|Benin}} * {{flag|Botswana}} * {{flag|Burkina Faso}} * {{flag|Burundi}} * {{flag|Cameroon}} * {{flag|Central African Republic}} * {{flag|Chad}} * {{flag|Congo}} * {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} * {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} * {{flag|Eritrea}} * {{flag|Eswatini}} * {{flag|Ethiopia}} * {{flag|Gabon}} * {{flag|Gambia}} * {{flag|Ghana}} * {{flag|Guinea}} * {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} * {{flag|Kenya}} * {{flag|Lesotho}} * {{flag|Liberia}} * {{flag|Madagascar}} * {{flag|Malawi}} * {{flag|Mali}} * {{flag|Mozambique}} * {{flag|Rwanda}} * {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} * {{flag|Senegal}} * {{flag|Sierra Leone}} * {{flag|South Africa}} * {{flag|South Sudan}} * {{flag|Tanzania}} * {{flag|Togo}} * {{flag|Uganda}} * {{flag|Zimbabwe}} {{colend}} ===Americas=== {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} * {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} * {{flag|Argentina}} * {{flag|Bahamas}} * {{flag|Barbados}} * {{flag|Belize}} * {{flag|Bolivia}} * {{flag|Brazil}} * {{flag|Canada}} * {{flag|Chile}} * {{flag|Colombia}} * {{flag|Cuba}} * {{flag|Dominica}} * {{flag|Dominican Republic}} * {{flag|Ecuador}} * {{flag|El Salvador}} * {{flag|Grenada}} * {{flag|Guatemala}} * {{flag|Guyana}} * {{flag|Haiti}} * {{flag|Ho