Finland

Finland is a country bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland, as well as Sweden, Norway, and Russia, Finland is the northernmost country in the European Union.

Male
Usually wears a big warm hoodie/jacket. He's also known for wearing a warm hat called "karvahattu". Finland is the tallest of the Nordic countries and his left arm has a bandage over it from the Winter War.

Female
The female version of Finland is exactly similar. The same karvahattu, clothing attire.

Personality
Finland is known for his rough personality in Finnish known as ”sisu”. He’s that guy who always carries alcohol with him everywhere he goes. He’s usually very cold, hard and maybe even sarcastic towards the ones he doesn't really know, and only prefers to hang out with one or two close friends. When mad or drunk he shouts ”perkele” and other common Finnish curse words a lot. However, when around older people he behaves better. He is usually related to Santa Claus or Christmas, which brings out his happy side.

Interests

 * Skating
 * Skiing
 * Drinking
 * Sauna

Flag meaning
The cross symbolizes Christianity, white stands for winter, while the blue stands for the many lakes and blue skies.

Other Symbols
Finland's Anthem is "Maamme" in Finnish, while in Swedish it is '''"Vårt land." 'The meaning in both languages is "Our Land''"

Finland's National Animal: Brown Bear

Finland's National Bird: Whooper Swan

Finland's National Flower: lily-of-the-valley

Finland's National Tree: Silver birch

Finland's National Fish: Perch

Finland's National rock: Granite

Finland's National insect: Seven-spot ladybird

Finland actually does not have an official motto. Though, sometimes they do use three words beginning with S: "Sisu, Sauna, and Sibelius". Sisu is a hard word to translate to English but is found to be translated in English courage or perseverance, the word Sauna is the Finnish Bath, and Sibelius is the famous Finnish composer. But, saying this is very informal.

Nicknames

 * Finn
 * Finny
 * Land of the Thousand Lakes

Origin of Language
Finland's language have several different theories due to scientists not able to figure out where it has come from yet, but one of the theories is that it came from other Uralic languages. It was a widely held view that they were originated from Proto-Uralic language that was somewhere in the boreal forest belt around the Ural Mountains region, and/or the bend of Middle Volga.

Etymology
Finland came from the word, Suomi. Though the word came from uncertain origins, a candidate of the source is the proto-Baltic word "źemē" which means land. With additional close relatives of Finnish (The Finnic Languages), the name was also used a lot in the Baltic Languages Latvian and Lithuania.

Government
The Finnish Government is the executive branch and the Cabinet of Finland, and to which they direct the politics of Finland, it's main source of the legislation which was proposed to the Parliament. The government has had collective ministerial responsibility and it represents the Council of the European Union. The incumbent Marin Cabinet, as well as the Government, comprises 19 ministers with 12 leading ministries.

It's Majority coalition governments became the foundation of the Finnish Government which is apart of a few historical exceptions, as well as the Government assembled by the representatives of the two major parties, and a small number of smaller parties.

Ethiopia
Ethiopia had been represented in Finland through its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. While Finland had an embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia had become one of Finland's long-term development partners with water and education sectors. On April 29, 2009, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development had announced that the Finnish government had made its the grant of 11.4 million euros which was able to enable the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. It was to upgrade its capacity and to plan and manage its rural water supply with its sanitation program and to achieve universal access for all Ethiopians.

Namibia
Finland had recognized Namibia on March 21, 1990. Both of the two countries had established diplomatic relations on the very same day. Namibia had been represented in Finland through its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, while Finland had its embassy in Windhoek and it's an honorary consulate in Walvis Bay.

South Africa
A South African legation was established in 1967 and relations were then upgraded to diplomat level in March 1991. The European nation has an associate embassy in the capital of South Africa, a general diplomatic building in Johannesburg, and a diplomatic building in the urban center. South Africa has an associate embassy in the capital of Finland. throughout war II South Africa declared war on European nations.

Finland was a robust supporter of the dismantlement of social policy in South Africa.

South African exports to the European nations embody contemporary and dried fruits, wine, pulp, paper, iron, steel, and coal. South Africa imports communication systems, paper, board products, and machinery from the European nation.

Chile
Chile recognized Finland's Independence in June 17, 1919. Its diplomatic relations that were between them had been established in 1931 and had continuously maintained. Despite its pressures from time to time to discontinue them, the two countries maintain resident ambassadors in both of each capital.

Colombia
Finland and Colombia's Relations are very harmonious. Both countries share a similar ideology based on democracy, human rights, and lasting peace. This was because of Colombia had decided to open an embassy in Helsinki. When Colombia defines Finland as a key player, Colombia's accession into the OECD and ratification of the Colombia-European Union Trade agreement,

Mexico
Mexico recognized the independence of Finland in July 1920.

United States
Relations between the US and the European nation are heated. Some 200,000 United States of America voters visit European nation annually, and concerning three,000 United States of America voters are residents there. The United States of America has an academic exchange program in European nation that's relatively massive for a Western state of Finland's size. it's supported partly from a monetary fund established in 1976 from Finland's final compensation of a United States of America loan created within the aftermath of warfare I.

Finland is deckled on the east by Russia and, in concert of the previous Soviet Union's neighbors, has been of explicit interest and importance to the United States of America each throughout the conflict and in its aftermath. Before the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, long United States of America policy was to support Finnish neutrality whereas maintaining and reinforcing Finland's historic, cultural, and economic ties with the West. The United States of America has welcome Finland's inflated participation since 1991 in Western economic and political structures.

Economic and trade relations between the European nation and therefore the u. s. are active and were bolstered by the F-18 purchase. US-Finland trade totals nearly $5 billion annually. The United States of America receives of Finland's exports. In the main pulp and paper, ships, machinery, physics and instruments, and refined fossil fuel product and provides concerning 7% of its imports, mainly computers, semiconductors, aircraft, and machinery.

Thailand
Thailand, also previously known as Siam, had recognized Finland's Independence on October 9, 1919.

Turkey
Turkey had recognized the Independence of Finland on February 21, 1918.

Vietnam
Finland had recognized Vietnam on December 28, 1972.

Bulgaria
Both had diplomatic representations of two countries that had been upgraded to level the embassy was in 1963.

Denmark
Denmark and Finland share a very long history together, to where Danish Vikings settled in Finland and made many crusades, both were apart of the Kalmar Union. Denmark was the very first country to go along with Sweden and recognize Finland's independence. There are currently 3,000+ Finns living in Denmark, while 1,235 Dances living in Finland. During the Winter War, the Soviet Union versus Finland, over 1,000 Danish Volunteers had come to help Finland fight the Soviet's back. During the Winter War and the Continuation War, Denmark had taken over 4,200 Finnish War children. Their Denmark Exports had a value of 1.380 euros and the imports from Denmark valued 1.453 billion. Denmark had then made itself Finland's 10th largest import-trading partner. The Nordic Culture Fund and it's Finnish-Danish Cultural Fund support projects of artists were within both countries. Many tourists from Finland visited Denmark, 206,000, in 2017. Vice Versa: 113,000 Danish tourists visited Finland in 2017.

In 1918, Mannerheim visited Copenhagen and asked if Prince Aage would have wanted to become the King of Finland.

Estonia
Finland's main language, Finnish, is closely related to Estonian. There is a very certain feeling of kinship between the two languages. 76% of the Finns that lived or visited Estonia in 2004, 1.8 million Finns were reported visiting Estonia. Many Finnish and Swedish investors had then become the largest foreign investors in Estonia.

Finland and Estonia are also members of the European Union and the Schengen agreement, giving free international travel and trade between the countries.

When Finland's government recognized Estonia's independence in 1920, in response to the Soviet invasion, the diplomatic missions were de facto removed. However, Estonia had declared independence, the temporary obstruction had then been resolved. Finland and Estonia, both countries, had restored their diplomatic relations on August 29, 1991.

France
France was the first country which had recognized Finland's independence on January 4, 1918.

Germany
Germany recognized Finland's independence on Gregorian calendar month four, 1918. Germany gave direct military support to Finnish independence by coaching Finnish Jägers and with success intervened within the Finnish war in favor of the nationalist Whites. During war II, the key protocol within the Molotov-Ribbentrop written agreement enabled the Winter War, a Soviet attack on Suomi. Suomi and Reich were co-belligerents against the country throughout Continuation War, however a separate peace with the country crystal rectifier to the Finnish-German geographical area War. The Federal Republic of Germany and therefore the German Democratic Republic were each recognized on Gregorian calendar month seven, 1972, by Finland. Diplomatic relations between Suomi and West Germany were established on Gregorian calendar month seven, 1973.

Hungary
Hungary recognized Finland on August 23/ 1920. Finland then recognized Hungary on September 10, 1920. Finland had broken of their diplomatic relations on September 20, 1944, before re-establishing them on May 20, 1947.

Latvia
Finland recognized Latvia's independence de facto on September 24, 1919, and de jure on January 21, 1921

Lithuania
Finland recognized Lithuania's independence de facto on November 14, 1919, and de jure on October 14, 1921.

Netherlands
The Netherlands recognized Finland's independence on January 10, 1918.

Norway
Norway recognized Finland's independence in January 10, 1918.

Russia
Relations with Russia are peaceful and friendly. Finland imports a lot of products and basic wants, corresponding to fuel, and therefore the 2 nations are agreeing on problems quite disagreeing with them.

Finland was a region of the Russian Empire for 108 years, once being annexed from the Swedish empire. Discontent with Russian rule, Finnish national identity, and warfare i finally caused Finland to interrupt far away from Russia, taking advantage of the very fact that Russia was retreating from warfare I and a revolution was beginning in earnest. Following the Finnish war and putsch, Russians were nearly equated with Communists, and thanks to official hostility to Communism, Finno-Soviet relations within the amount between the planet wars remained tense. Voluntary activists organized expeditions to Karelia (heimosodat), that complete once Finland and therefore the state signed the accord of the metropolis in 1920. However, the state didn't abide by the accord once they barricaded Finnish service ships. Finland was attacked by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1939. Finland fought the Winter War and therefore the Continuation War against the state in warfare II. throughout these wars, the Finns suffered ninety,000 casualties and inflicted severe casualties on the Russians.

Contemporary problems embrace issues with border controls inflicting persistent truck queues at the border, airspace violations, pollution of the Baltic Sea, and Russian duties on exported wood to Finland's pulp and paper business. Russia conjointly thought-about giant swathes of land close to the Finnish border as a special security space wherever foreign land possession is prohibited. An equally intensive restriction doesn't apply to Russian voters. The Finnish Defence Forces and Finnish counterintelligence Service have suspected that Russians have created targeted land purchases close to military and different sensitive installations for intelligence or special operations functions. rightist commentators accuse the govt of continuous the policy of Finlandisation.

Recently, Finland-Russia relations are besieged with the annexation of peninsula by the Russia, which Finland considers ineligible. Besides the remainder of the EU Union, Finland enforces sanctions against Russia that followed. Still, economic relations haven't entirely deteriorated, The imports to Finland are from Russia, and therefore the exports from Finland are to Russia, and cooperation between Finnish and Russian authorities continues.

Slovenia
Finland and Slovenia's tensions rose in the Late 2008 when a news program on Finland's national broadcasting company station YLE accused Finnish weapons manufacturer Partia of bribing Slovenian officials that were secure of an arms deal. Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa had formally complained to Finland's ambassador in Ljubljana. Its controversy had become known as the Partia case.

Sweden
Finland and Sverige have forever had terribly shut relations, ensuing from a shared history, various commonalities in society and politics, and shut trade relations. A freshly appointed government minister makes his or her Diamond State visit to Sverige. Finnish politicians usually contemplate Sweden's reaction to world affairs initially as a base for any actions, and therefore finally each country usually agrees on such problems. If there has ever been any dissonance between the 2 countries those were the Åland question within the early Nineteen Twenties and therefore the Swedish declaration of non-belligerent standing throughout the Winter War. Finland and Sverige are members of the ECU Union and therefore the Schengen agreement, releasing international travel and trade between the countries. moreover, each participant within the Nordic Council, which grants Swedish nationals slightly a lot of intensive rights than the EU treaties alone.

Australia
Finland and Australia established diplomatic relations in May 1949.

Geography
Finland is full of very ubiquitous landscapes with intermingled boreal forests and lakes. Finland can also be divided into three areas: archipelagoes, coastal lowlands, slightly higher central lake plateau, and finally uplands to the north and northeast. With it having its borders with the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland, it also has Sweden, Norway, and Russia as land borders.

Finland is the northernmost country in the European Union, with most of its population and agricultural resources concentrated in the south, Northern and Eastern Finland is sparsely population that is containing vast wilderness areas, the Taiga Forest being the most dominant vegetation type. Finland's total area is 337,030 km, and most of the area is 10% water, 69% forest, and 8% cultivated land while 13% is other. Finland is the eighth-largest country within Europe after Russia, France, Ukraine, Spain, Sweden, Norway, and Germany. As whole, the shape of Finland's boundaries has resembled a figure of a one-armed human. In Finnish lingo, Parallels are drawn between the figure as well as the national personification of Finland – Finnish Maiden (Suomi-neito) – and the country is as whole as it can be referred in the Finnish language by her name. The official context of the area around Enontekiö that is placed in the northwestern part of the country between Sweden and Norway can be referred to as the "Arm."

After the very Continuation War, Finland had lost major land areas to Russia during its Moscow Armistice of 1944, and the figure had to said she had lost the other of her arms, as well as the hem of her "skirt."

Family

 * Arctic — nephew/niece
 * Austria — cousin-sister
 * Canada — grandson (indirect)
 * Denmark — brother/sister
 * Estonia — cousin-wife (depends on the person)
 * England — cousin-brother
 * Faroe Islands — nephew/niece
 * Germany — cousin-brother
 * Greenland — nephew/niece
 * Hungary — son/daughter
 * Iceland — brother/sister
 * Ireland — cousin-sister
 * Latvia — cousin and sister-in-law
 * Lithuania — cousin and sister-in-law
 * Norway — brother/sister
 * Netherlands — cousin-brother/cousin-sister
 * Scotland — cousin-brother
 * Wales — cousin-brother
 * Poland — daughter-in-law
 * Spain — sister-in-law
 * Sweden — brother/sister or father (depends on the person)
 * United Kingdom — brother-in-law
 * Russia — stepmother/stepfather

Friends

 * Malaysia
 * Japan

Neutral

 * Russia

Enemies

 * Åland Islands
 * Belarus

Past Versions

 * Kingdom of Finland

Extra(s):

 * Religion: Protestantism (73.8%, 4.1 Million), Atheist (15.1%, 839,571), Orthodox Church (1.1%, 61,161), Other (10%, 556,007
 * Urbanization: 84% (4.7 Million)
 * Social Progress Index: 5th in the World
 * Basic Human Needs: 12th in the World
 * Social Opportunities: 8th in the World
 * Health and Wellness: 7th in the World
 * Personal Safety: 19th in the World
 * Access to Education: 28th in the World
 * Advanced Education: 25th in the world
 * Personal Freedom: 3rd in the World
 * Freedom of Speech: 15th in the World
 * Tolerance and Inclusion: 1st in the World
 * Women Equality: High
 * Tolerance for Minorities: 3rd in the World
 * Tolerance for Homosexuals: 9th in the World (80.4%)
 * GDP: $242 Billion
 * Unemployment: 8.7% (234,465)
 * Currency: Euro (EUR)
 * Telephones: 10.2 Million
 * Mobile Phones: 9.3 Million
 * Internet Users: 5.1 Million Users

Trivia

 * Finnish (The Finns) drink more coffee than anyone else, or any other country.
 * There are over 3 million saunas in Finland.
 * Milk is one of the drinks Finn's love to consume.
 * The Wife-Carrying Race was originated in Finland.
 * The country of Finland is home to the only Endangered species, Saimaa Ringed Seal. They can only be found within Finland.
 * Finland is home to the longest palindromic Word: "Saippuakivikauppias"
 * Finland is known for a celebration on "Day of Failure."
 * The World's most second longest tunnel is home to Finland.
 * Finland is known for Europes Prison-Break capital.
 * When traveling to Finland, it is known for one of the world's most Powerful Passports. That means Finland can access 175 countries around the world without a visa.
 * Finland is sometimes but is often ranked the happiest country in the world due to the Finnish high incomes, health care for everyone, and it's top education system.
 * Finland is very famous for their stunning Lapland, Northern Lights, Saunas, Quirky food, and being home for Santa Claus.