ITT: FASCINATING facts about your country Did you know that

Awesome!

>>53832704
Fascinating! Please, tell me more interesting facts about Finland!

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The federal government likes to steal money from the richer states (south-southeast) to give welfare to poor northeasterners and win elections

No, because it's the same for Norway and Sweden. Tell me something more interesting.

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Most Canadians live near America.

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There is a mountain called Haukkavuori(Eaglemountain) in Finland.
It is 79 m tall.

>>53833038
Well, they are our trading partners and there's no infrastructure or jobs up north. Tar sands and Fort Mac being the one thing that is, but that industry is down the shitter right now.

>>53832982
It's not illegal to watch cp in Finland!

>>53832704

The only bad thing about this thread is that it contains but a single fact about Finland.

Finnish modesty demands you make an interesting fact general, but most people are here simply for the Finland facts.

>>53832704
>live on the tip of the benis

Dickheads :DD

>>53833169
Watchin not, but having on your disk is, isn't it?

>>53833081
More like hawk. Kotka = eagle

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>80% PERCENT

So 0,008% lives in the south? That's not much to be quite frank

>>53833216
Yes, unfortunately.

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ok

>>53833234
Fascinating fact: Kotka means female cat in polish
>>53833292
4u

>>53833234

Kaikki kotkat ovat haukkia mutta eaglet eivät ole hawkkeja.

>>53833378

Bravo, Estonia!

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>>53832704
We have a city named Cuxhaven.

>>53833378
Outstanding, bravo!

>>53833378
Good job, Eesti. Bravo.

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>>53832704
Most people live above 1,000 meters here

>>53833378

[The sound of Finnish women leaving to fuck Estonian hobos]

>>53833463

Eagle on silti väärä käännös.

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>>53832704
99,7% of our population have Spanish as their mother tongue here, making it probably the most linguistically homogenous country in the world

>>53833800

Fascinating, Colombia!

>>53833771

Eli Accipitridaemountain olisi sitten se teknisesti oikea käännös. Hieno juttu että homma selvitettiin.

>>53833854

Kyllä. Autismini on tyydytetty.

>>53833854
>>53833916
hyvä, pojat, näin se homma etenee

>>53833535
All of Germany is a Cuxhaven.

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>80% PERCENT

Come on, post some fascinating facts!

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>>53837760
Did you know that France stopped the muslims through there invasion of europe?

>>53839893
i damn well hope so

>>53832927

>Åland's unemployment rate is only under 1/3 of the mainland's
>Finland's tax to GDP ratio is (and has been for a long time) over 50%
>Finland has about 1300 kilometers long border with Russia, longer than any other EU country
>Finland used to be a very agrarian country before WW2, the urbanization began in 1960s and now most municipalities run on a deficit
>Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. Both of them are on equal footing de jure, but de facto Finnish is spoken by 95% of the population
>Samis have minority language rights
>Immigration to Finland in massive scale and from outside of Europe is a new phenomena in Finland, first non-european immigrants arrived in 1990s and until that it was a sight to see a black man
>Finland's capital is nowadays Helsinki, but during Swedish rule Turku was the capital. Russians moved the capital due to old capital's proximity to Sweden
>Finland is the first country that used modern democratic principles, the first democratic elections were held in 1906 (leftwingers won)
>Many Russian czars have big monuments in key places in Helsinki, monument of Alexander II is probably the most visible, extravagant and well-known statue in Finland as it's placed in front of the Helsinki Cathedral

>>53833038
What happens in Iqaluit?

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we have the largest amount of unesco world heritage sites, with 50 sites.

>>53840216
51

>>53833674
looks comfy.

>>53840206
Inuit Autism

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>>53840286
>when you think that your country is impressive but it turns out even more impressive

>>53833678
underrated post

>>53832927
There is no law prohibiting bestiality in Finland. You are allowed to have sex with animals as long as it doesn't cause them pain, in which case you'll be convicted of animal abuse.

>>53840530

But having animal porn on your hard drive is banned in the same law which bans having child porn hard drive (RL 17:18).

>>53832704
I feel like this thread is being directed towards other finns.

>>53840922
This is wrong. RL 17:18 prohibits the distribution of such material.

Possession of animal porn isn't illegal. RL 17:19 makes the possession of kiddy porn illegal, however.

>>53841230

True, sorry for the false statement.

>>53841230
Luckily watching is still legal! (So long as you don't pay or otherwise deal for access)

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Finland is my favourite country

>>53840206
Inuits shooting each other and themselves

Did you know that America had a different style of government prior to the constitution but after the war of independence?

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>>53832704

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some people think that we are civilized but the whole country is ready to become the neo-ottoman empire if a strong leader was to emerge