What calendar does your country use? What nation or national religion-specific holidays does your country celebrate?
Our country actually doesn't celebrate any other holidays other than those relating to the Church of Cliklii (aka Kliism) and/or the country itself.
First, allow me to educate you on our calendar.
We do use the standard Gregorian calendar on the forums to make it easier to communicate dates to people, but we have a far different calendar.
First of all, we only have four months. Each month is equal to three months on the Gregorian calendar. When we list them, though, it's not exactly in the same order as Gregorian calendar, and the day and year are listed as Roman numerals. Here are our months and their Gregorian counter parts:
Satus-Puncto (July, August, September)
Libertatem (October, November, December)
Congelationis (January, February, March)
Finis-Puncto (April, May, June)
As for years, year 1 is the year we started being a country. Our independence day was December 22, 1802, but we didn't start our own calendar until July 1, 1803, which is why our years start there.
With that, let's list the holidays!
Kliian New Year's Day- Satus-Puncto I/July 1
Obviously, this is our New Year's Day. Self-explanatory.
Kliians tend to celebrate this holiday with large feasts of deer meat and yams.
Also, the government holds a country-wide election (the only Kliian election held ever) which criminal that citizens want to be executed. Whichever criminal "wins" is killed in the middle of the capital, Clinatia.
Battle of the Castle- Satus-Puncto XXXIX/August 8
This holiday celebrates the event in the Kliian Bible where Cliklii; his son, Calahus; and their army were fighting against the evil god, Bali, whilst Bali was in his castle, hiding. The Kliian and Balian armies fought valiantly against each other in the heavens until Cliklii was eventually victorious. Cliklii's army tore down the castle, but Bali escaped before he could be captured. Bali's wife Yuikil, however, was captured and killed.
A popular Kliian profession is farmer, with the most valuable animal being the horse. This holiday is taking the apparent love interest of the strongest male horse, slaughtering it, and eating it.
Battle of the Cloud Fortress- Libertatum XXIV/October 24
A couple months after Bali's defeat at his castle, Bali had just finished constructing a brand new castle out of a special type of cloud that could not be broken. He called it the Cloud Fortress. He regathered his troops and prepared again for an invasion from Cliklii. However prepared Bali thought he was, Cliklii wound up winning, Bali was captured and killed, and the Church of Cliklii had won.
Fittingly enough in comparison to the previous holiday, this is usually celebrated by taking the strongest male horse, killing it, and eating it.
Independence Day- Liberatum LXXXIII/December 22
For months, there had been a ton of tension between Kliians and Balians. Balians were followers of the god, Bali, and they had been around for a very long time. The Kliian religion had been somewhat prominent in Balianica, the land of the Balians, and it exploded when the Kliian Bible was published on October 24, which was also said to be the day that Bali died. The Balians were upset, calling Kliism a heresy, and the Kliians were no less angry. Eventually, the Kliians took the province that they had been granted by the Balian government and they split from Balianica on December 22, 1802.
Independence Day also celebrates what happened exactly one year later, as on December 22, 1803, after a six month war with Balianica (two months on the Kliian calendar), Kliia won and took all of Balianica's land. Kliia also converted all of Balianica's people, and any who did not convert were executed. The capital of Kliia was moved from Breshus to Clinatia
Clik-Cember Day- Liberatum LXXXIX/December 28
Six days after Kliia won the war against Balianica, Cliklii appeared to a man named Westus Lixum, telling him that he was pleased with what Kliia had done. Cliklii gifted him with a golden goblet and a golden tray, both of very large size. These are stored in the Pontrius Castle in Clinatia (originally the King Castle), and every year on Clik-Cember Day, great feasts of mutton, turkey, ham, and other high quality foods, as well as the highest quality wines in the world, are served to the Kliian Parliament and Pontrius with this tray and goblet.
