This doesn’t appear to include anything about allowing religious freedoms in the sense of the question. It’s not “you dont have to be Jewish”

The reference just says “the most important thing is to love god and your neighbor”

Random Randy is for the people who want the destruction of their colony.

I prefer the “Pheobe Chillax” one that allows me to just build and recruit with only occasional raids from enemies and/or natural disasters.

Rimworld is very customizable in this regard, and you can swap your ‘storyteller’ at any point mid-run.

And in regards to the ‘cannibal/pleasure farm’ stuff, yeah that can be weird. I prefer to use the Hospitality mod and make my colony a luxury resort with pools/spa and thats how I make money for trading

The overworld piece reminded me of a very simple Black & White kind of style and the underworld was a bit like two point styled games. Neat but I’m not sure it had the depth of want. I should check out the demo again though