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With the holidays coming, i would ask. What holidays do your people celebrate?
Hospe, Franche Comte, and Cannova
This is gonna sound kind of bland, but in Franche Comte most people celebrate Christmas(with emphasis on family and giving rather than religion) , though Kwanzaa and Hannukah are popular amongst Afro-Comtois and Jewish minorities in the month of December... New Year's day of January 1st is also popular, as well as Ramadan for Muslims and Nowruz(along with equinoxes and solstices) for Zoroastrians...
Ultorieth, Hospe, The northeastern lands, and Octonovem
+1 for Nowruz and Zoroastrianism.
Hospe, Franche Comte, and Octonovem
As far as winter holidays, the main ones in Cannova are Christmas and the Intercalary Festival. Christmas in Cannova has more of a religious- and community-centred character. Home observances focus on eating and drinking. While small edible gifts and trinkets are often exchanged, gift-giving is not part of Christmas celebrations in Cannova. Instead, the main gift-giving holiday is Élív, the vernal equinox festival.
The traditional calendar in Cannova is lunisolar and adds an intercalary month every three years to keep the lunar calendar in sync with the seasons. This intercalary month falls during the winter, and the Intercalary Festival is celebrated on the full moon during that month.
Hospe, The northeastern lands, Franche Comte, Octonovem, and 1 otherMaoriai
The Broken Edgeans celebrate all manner of holidays. While there are some nation wide holidays like Bogat Uthal's birthday, most are not. The Government mandates that companies give paid leave for a certain amount of days each month, which allow people to celebrate holidays. December has the most amount of mandatory paid leave days, with five.
Hospe, The northeastern lands, Franche Comte, Octonovem, and 1 otherCannova
Hospe has a lot of holidays: Christmas is easily the most popular, celebrated by the religious and non religious alike, with holiday grants paid to all citizens over 21.
All religious holidays are observed, some of which mandate days off for people who observe them.
There's an Independence Day, which automatically gives everyone the day off. The King and Queen's birthdays are also celebrated as public holidays( you could win money by sharing the same birthday as the monarch or their consort)
Other holidays which Hospeans take way too seriously are: Various fishing and farming festivals, a national pet day, masquerade day( not as scary Halloween), traditional music festivals and black panther day.
They mostly just take any excuse to not go to work.
The northeastern lands, Franche Comte, Octonovem, and Cannova
We celebrate christmas, but we celebrate the modern "consumerist" version.
We have our own religion so the religious aspect of the holiday is irrelevant to us.
Hospe, Broken Edge, The northeastern lands, Franche Comte, and 1 otherOctonovem
As someone who is still relatively new to the game, how would one support said region during these circumstances?
Hospe, Broken Edge, Franche Comte, and Octonovem
In Nagakawa, we have the following holidays:
- 31 January: Freedom Day, which commemorates the election of the first democratic government and the end of martial law
- 29 April - 5 May: Golden Week, wherein several different holidays are celebrated
- 5 May: Children’s Day
- 28 May: The Emperor’s birthday
- 12 July: Youth Day
- 10 October: National Sports Day
- 25 December: Christmas
There are also several festivals related to Shintō, which do not have fixed days but are nevertheless granted holiday status. Although 75% of Nagakawans identify as nonreligious or atheist, Shintō festivals are still widely celebrated (mostly for the food).
Hospe, The northeastern lands, Franche Comte, Octonovem, and 1 otherMaoriai
Might as well do a list for the realm's Holidays.
- January 1st: New Years
- Second Week in February: Family Week; Which is a week of Being with Families
- Variable Weekend that is between March 20 and April 23: Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday
- April 28th: Day Of Mourning; To honor workers who have died and/or have been seriously injured in the workforce
- May 9th: Victory Day (one of the days of Post war memorial)
- July 11th: Federal Unity Day/Day of Eagles (Founding of the Republic)*
- First Weekend in August: Civic Holiday Weekend (Cantonal Councils mostly use this as the Day to Celebrate the Canton's Birth.)
- October 23rd: Maoriai Day (For Maoriai Territorial Founding)
- November 11th: Remembrance day (The other day of Post war memorial)
- December 25th: Christmas Day
- December 26th: Boxing Day (Day after Christmas)
- December 31st: New Year's Eve
*Holiday note: Apparently people hated it when we remove the title "Day of Eagles", so we're keeping both titles. Calander makers can use either of the names for the holiday.
Other Religious Holidays are still remembered and are respected in the nation despite no official national religion set in stone.
Hospe, The northeastern lands, Franche Comte, Octonovem, and 2 othersMaoriai, and Cannova
The holidays celebrated in the Northeastern Lands are as follows:
-January 5th: Snowy Owl Day, a day to celebrate the founding of the Commonwealth and our national animal, the Snowy Owl
-January 11th: The Northeastern Lands Annual Snow Sculpture Competition
-February 6th-8th: The Northeastern Lands Art Show, an event in which the artists of the Northeastern Lands can show their best work
-February 14th: Valentine's Day
-February 29th, during leap years: Leap Day
-March 7th: The Prime Minister's Birthday
-March 19th, 20th, or 21st, depending on year: Vernal Equinox
-April 1st: Harmless Prank Day, a day for all the pranksters of the Northeastern Lands to have some HARMLESS fun*
-April 15th: Tax Day
-April 30th: Spring Workers' Holiday
-First Saturday in May: Mother's Day
-May 18th: Coffee Appreciation Day, a day to celebrate the gift from nature that is coffee
-Second Sunday in June: Father's Day
-Third Week in June: Children's Summer Reading Week, a week to promote literacy in the children of the Northeastern Lands
-June 20th or 21st, depending on year: Summer Solstice
-July 5th: AI Day, a day to celebrate our AI citizens and their contributions to society
-Second Week in July: Midsummer Festival, a week-long celebration of summer fun, including a three-day concert featuring the top musicians of the Northeastern Lands and our allies
-July 29th: Oatland Day, a day to celebrate the wonderful region that the people of the Northeastern Lands call home
-August 14th: The Northeastern Lands Annual LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade
-August 25th: National Love Your Neighbor Day, a day when citizens are encouraged to perform random acts of kindness
-Second Sunday in September: Grandparents' Day
-September 22nd or 23rd, depending on year: Autumnal Equinox
-October 1st: Environmental Awareness Day, a day to recognize environmental issues facing the Northeastern Lands and take steps to solve them
-Second Tuesday in October: Thanksgiving Day
-October 23rd: The Northeastern Lands Annual Pumpkin Carving Competition
-October 28th: Autumn Workers' Holiday
-October 31st: Halloween
-November 3rd: The Northeastern Lands Annual Jack-o'-Lantern Catapult Competition
-November 19th: Official beginning of the holiday season
-December 8th: Science Day, a day to recognize the scientists of the Northeastern Lands, and those aspiring to become scientists
-December 21st or 22nd, depending on year: Winter Solstice
-December 31st/January 1st: New Years' Eve/New Years' Day
*We have had some... incidents... in the past with this particular holiday, so we have made it clear that it is supposed to be harmless fun, with no dangerous pranks.
All religious and cultural holidays, including Christmas, which are not listed above are officially recognized by the government of the Northeastern Lands.
Hospe, Franche Comte, Octonovem, and Cannova
Public Holidays in Octonovem are days which the Government has recognized as "culturally important". Employees are automatically given the day off for recreation, and must receive full pay.
1 January - New Years Day
14 February - Valentine's Day
Friday before Easter Day - Good Friday
Monday after Easter Day - Easter Monday
13 April - Octonovem Independence Day
1 May - International Workers Day
23 September - Election day [every five years]
31 October - Halloween
1 November - All Saints' Day
29 November - Great Chaos Remembrance Day*
8 December - Immaculate Conception
25 December - Christmas Day
31 December - New Years Eve
Hospe, The northeastern lands, Franche Comte, and Cannova
Herrera: Hello everyone, we have caught them. After 2 weeks and over 100 million ettros spent. We have caught over 40 high ranking members of F.T.G. At 3:00am OST members of our Anti Terrorism Organization raided a compound used by the F.T.G in the outskirts of Port Machad. We have an identity of on the leader of this indescribable group. We are launching a full blown manhunt as we believed he left the country. His name is Emillio Valenti. Described as having a pale complexion, amber hair and grey eyes. 5'10 and slender. If there any clues to his wearbouts. Please call 85 - 555 - 4144.
Ultorieth, Hospe, Nagakawa, New erelis, and 2 othersFranche Comte, and Cannova
at least be glad to hear the good news, No WASC Proposals for the time being.
Lennia, Ultorieth, Broken Edge, Franche Comte, and 2 othersOctonovem, and Cannova
They've been calming down for quite a while now. Although I do fear that a new round of meaningless ribbons will appear sooner or later....
Ultorieth and Franche Comte
Post self-deleted by Octonovem.
The fascist meme nation has been ejected and banned from Oatland. Carry on with your lives.
Lennia and Franche Comte
And who might you be referring to?
Franche Comte and Octonovem
All administrative actions are logged in the region's recent events log. In this singular instance, however, the nation in question was 'Fashtopia' or something to that effect. While the Management does not generally eject member nations exclusively for their political doctrine, exceptionally low-effort and meme countries are not and have never been allowed.
Hello Oatland friends!
Forest's sixth annual Photo Contest is beginning, and as has been the case in past years, submissions are open to anyone from our embassy regions. We'd love to see some submissions from y'all! :)
You can find more information here:
Forest Photo Contest 2020
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2020 has undoubtedly been a year like no other. The general consensus is that it’s been crazy if not outright terrible. But with the holidays and the new year just around the corner, 2020 is finally coming to an end. Before we move on to a hopefully smoother 2021, though, there’s one last thing that needs to be done: the sixth annual Forest Photo Contest! Here's what you need to know: 🌲 We have four categories once again this year:
🌲 You may submit up to 12 photos total. You may choose how to divide those among the different categories, but please do not submit more than 12. 🌲 Please post your photos in the appropriate thread on our forums, located 🌲 The photos must be taken by you, but can be taken at any time (not just during the contest). 🌲 Anyone in Forest or in a region which has an embassy with Forest may submit photographs for the Contest. 🌲 Timing: Submissions will be open from December 18 at 00:00 GMT (7:00pm Dec 18 EST) to January 23rd at 23:59 GMT. Voting will begin on January 23rd at 23:59 GMT and end January 30th at 23:59 GMT. 🌲 Voting will take place on a Google Form. Needless to say, please no puppeteering! 🌲 The photographers with the top three photographs in each category will have their photos acknowledged on our RMB, on our World Factbook Entry, and potentially in our next foreign update. A banner will also be created with a collage of the top photos to applaud the winners, and participants in the competition will be encouraged to add it as their nation's custom banner. Forest's flag will also be changed to the 1st place photos in each category for a week after the Contest. Now it's time to head out and start photographing! Good luck to everyone! Any questions about the Contest should be directed to Mount Seymour.
Trees (this category is permanent each year)Light & Dark (photos that display astounding lights and/or shades)Seasons (photos that represent one of the seasons or a certain time of year)2020 (any photo that resonates with or represents this crazy year)here. You may also submit photos via a link to an image hosting site in a telegram to Mount Seymour.
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Happy photographing!
Aclion and Hospe
Remember to enjoy a hearty bowl of delicious Oatland-grown oatmeal every morning.
Part of this complete breakfast.
Lennia, Luna Suena, Tjorl, Hospe, and 5 othersBroken Edge, Franche Comte, The Democratic Republic of The Antarctic, Octonovem, and High norland
Hmmm
Lennia and Broken Edge
Just doing a pop up inside.
WAKE UP
Hospe, Broken Edge, Franche Comte, Elberstan, and 1 otherOctonovem
Laughs in 12:02 a.m.
Lennia, Hospe, Broken Edge, Franche Comte, and 1 otherOctonovem
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