Juche

Juche was a religion that originated in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) that involved the reverence of that state's leaders - the Kim family - as virtual gods.

More than 20 million people followed Juche in 56 BU, the year the Kingdom of Korea was newly consolidated in the northern half of the Korean peninsula (an area previously under Chinese and South Korean control). During the 27 years that the Kingdom of Korea existed, it furthered the Korean leader cult to the point that the ruling Kim family were considered divine by the majority of the kingdom's citizens.

Although the Kingdom of Korea was annexed in 29 BU (and the majority of the Kim family executed by the Vostok Union), the cult of Juche continued, with many adherents searching for a possible heir to the original founder of North Korea, Kim Il Sung.