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'''M'acunism''', also referred to as '''Koema M'acune''' (lit. "Red River Faith") is the primary indigenous belief system of northern Crona. Best understood as a faith tradition rather than an organized, centralized religion, M'acunism is semi-monolatristic, embracing a complex system of ancestor worship as well as veneration of an Earth goddess. It is generally accepted by scholars that Arzalism and M'acunism are related, with Arzalism either forming from M'acunism or the two religions mutually influencing each other. M'acunism has been losing adherents as a percentage of the overall population of Crona partly due to increasing missionary activity of the Levantine Catholic Church but also due to the rise of secularism in some sectors of Cronite society.

The Nature School believes that the Great Oneness consists of all living creatures and is either the natural extension of the essence of the goddess Makuahine, Makuahine herself, or according to some, Makuahine's spouse. The Nature School rejects the supremacy of man and believes that all beings worship Makuahine but in their own way. The Nature School also believes the goddess Makuahine to be inherently good and, consequently, all acts committed by her are by their very nature "good", including pestilence and climatological issues which are chastisements from the goddess. The Nature School emphasizes the relative equality of all living beings as imbued with the divine essence of Makuahine, and consequently tend to reject larger public ritual sacrifices in favor of individual sacrifices. The Nature School is relatively small and new as a distinct philosophical movement within M'acunism, but most scholars view it as a "condensed" form of the belief of tribal M'acunists, who constitute the majority of adherents in Crona.