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//**Report Criteria:**// Government type: Republic Independence: 6 of december 1917 from Russia Consitution: 1st of March 2000 Legislative branch Judicial branch Executive branch Finnish 91.2% Swedish 5.5% are the official languges President Tarja Halonen since 2000 In WWll Finland defended its freedom and invasion from the Soviet Union which is really Russia. They lost little land but defeated them.Finland was province under Sweden from the 12th to 19th centuries. Finland won complete independence in 1917. Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system in January of 1999. The euro;in 2008, US$1 equaled about .63 euros, and 1 euro equaled US$1.58 Epiphany,Ascension,Whitsunday,Boxing Day (Tapaninpaiva) Cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes 5,255,068 (July 2010 est.) Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia. Mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills Timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone Kierikki Stone Age Center, Turku Castle, Hame Castle, Lemmenjoki National Park,Urho Kekkonen Natinal Park
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29.5 (2007) country comparison to the world: 115 25.6 (1991)

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