What do you know about Finland?

[jessenic]

Because I live in Finland, I want to know what people know about Finland.
So, what do you know about Finland?

 

[Rustwick]

Not much:

• Has one of the highest suicide rates in the world
• Over 180,000 lakes
• Internationally successful music groups include Apocalyptica, Children of Bodom, Nightwish and Turisas
• Won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi
• The most prominent religion in the country is Christianity
• Homeland of Simo Häyhä
• The Finnish language is called Suomi
• Fought Russia/Soviet Union in World War 2

What do you know about the United Kingdom or England?

 

[Gregor]

In Poland, there is a Vodka "FINLANDIA" the best vodka i drank ^^

 

[InsaneNutter]

• People there speak Finnish
• Gets a lot of snow (i think)
• Its located next to Russia and Sweden
• Apparently has much faster internet than the UK

I cant really think of much else, so very little it would appear! Of course I could just go and read Wikipedia now

 

[Nimrod]

Full name: Republic of Finland
Population: 5.3 million (UN, 2009)
Capital: Helsinki
Area: 338,145 sq km (130,559 sq miles)
Major languages: Finnish, Swedish
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 83 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
Main exports: Machinery and electronics, paper and paper products, chemicals
GNI per capita: US $48,120 (World Bank, 2008)
Internet domain: .fi
International dialling code: +358