The authority of Eldorado is established naturally through man-given rights rather than violence and force. Eldorado is seen as a perfect world where nothing can go wrong and because the children are well trained, as Candide said, and all the men and women who live there are equal, that's why it is a utopia. When it comes to religion, God does not seem to be an important part of culture as God was in many societies before the 17th century, that is, before the start of the Enlightenment in the Americas and Europe . Throughout history, Candide has traveled through many locations in the Americas and Europe and each chapter and location illuminates various ideas and concepts about what exactly the Enlightenment period was..