Authority in El Dorado is established naturally through human rights rather than violence and force. El Dorado is perceived as a perfect world where nothing can go wrong and since the children are well behaved as Candido said and every man and woman who live there are equal that's why it is a utopia. As for religion, God does not appear to be as important a part of culture as he was in many societies before the 17th century, that is, before the onset of the Enlightenment in the Americas and Europe. Throughout the story Candide has traveled through many places in the Americas and Europe and each chapter and location illuminates various ideas and concepts about what exactly the Enlightenment period was about.