19/04/2021 · Even the name Finland proves the theory, they say, as it comes from “the fin of a fish” – ignoring the fact that in Finnish, the country is called Suomi. Another claim is that social democrats are using Finland as an idealised model for how a liberal social democracy should be.

More seriously, yes Finland is a real country. It's a rather ´young´ country and nation compared to some other, but no-one can doubt that Finland is a real, legitimate country. I wrote a little bit about the process of formation of Finland's state and nation on another post (Lyonel Perabo's answer to How was Finland Formed?) bu

01/02/2022 · Finland, country located in northern Europe. Finland is one of the world’s most northern and geographically remote countries and is subject to a severe climate. Nearly two-thirds of Finland is blanketed by thick woodlands, making it the most densely forested country in Europe. Finland also forms a symbolic northern border between western and ...

Formerly a grand duchy in the Russian empire, the country became independent in 1917. Finland is since then a formally neutral country, and like Sweden not a member of NATO. Finland covers an area of 338,145 km², making it almost the size of …

08/02/2017 · Finland is often categorized as a Scandinavian country, because part of it is part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, and because of ethnic, cultural, linguistic and historical ties between Finland, Sweden, the Kalmar Union and #Kvenland.

Answer (1 of 10): Neither. I'd say we're aggressively middle class. That’s what we intended to be all along. Without actually living in a class society, of course. One European Quoran once remarked — and I've since adopted this idea as my own …

It was signed on 14 June 1985 by five of the ten member states of the then European Economic Community and enacted a decade later, with all countries in the European Union (EU), except the U.K. and Ireland, joining over the coming years. Countries in Europe but outside the EU have also joined, including Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland

29/07/2020 · For now, Finland is satisfied with the unofficial support it receives from the NATO states, knowing that it will be backed by the West if the country was threatened. Its official politico-military decision was, and remains, that Finland is not planning on becoming a NATO member, but it will continue to foster ties with it and its member countries.