What kind of country is Finland? Is the life value of the country high?

The Republic of Finland (Suomen Tasavalta). The definition of the country name means "the country of lakes and swamps", covering an area of 33810.45 million square kilometers. Population: 5,236,600 (end of 2004). Finland has two official languages: 93% of the population speaks Finnish and 6% speaks Swedish. The minority population includes Sami, Russians, Jews, etc. Most Finns (89%) believe in Christian Lutheranism, and about 1% of the population believe in Orthodox Church. The rest include a few Christians, Protestants, other sects, Roman Catholics, Muslims and Jews. After the winter war, about 12% of the population needs to be resettled. War reparations, unemployment and uncertainty about Finland's independent future led to a large number of immigrants leaving Finland in1970s.1990s, Finland began to receive a large number of refugees and immigrants. Helsinki, the capital, has a population of 559,000 (end of 2004). The average temperature in summer is 65438 06℃, and the average temperature in winter is -5℃. The capital Helsinki, known as the Pearl of the Baltic Sea, is a garden-like modern city with wide streets and prosperous business. Modern architecture and the medieval capital have strong national characteristics, and many museums of various types in the city attract tourists from all over the world. The head of state, President Tarja Halonen (female, from the Social Democratic Party), took office on 6 March 2000. He was re-elected on March 1 2006. Independence Day (65438+February 6th), an important festival, has a rectangular national flag with the aspect ratio of 18: 1 1. The flag is white. A wide blue bar slightly to the left divides the national flag into four white rectangles. Finland is known as the "country of thousands of lakes", bordering the Baltic Sea in the southwest, and the blue flag symbolizes lakes, rivers and oceans; The other symbolizes the blue sky. One third of Finland's territory is in the Arctic Circle, and the climate is cold. The white flag symbolizes the snow-covered land. The cross on the national flag represents Finland's close relationship with other Nordic countries in history. This national flag was made around 1860 at the suggestion of Finnish poet ToCharies Topulius. The national emblem is a red coat of arms. On the shield is a golden lion with a crown, a sword in the front paw and a machete in the back paw. Nine white roses are dotted around the lion. Lions symbolize the courage and strength of the Finnish people, and nine roses represent nine provinces in Finnish history. The national anthem "Motherland" is the national flower of Lily, the Finnish currency, the time difference between the Finnish mark and Beijing is -6.00, and the international telephone code 358 is located in northern Europe. It borders Sweden, Norway and Russia, with Finland Bay in the south and Virginia Bay in the west. Coastline length 1 100 km. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. There are highlands in the north and east, and most of the rest are hills and plains. The inland water area accounts for 10% of the national area, with about179,000 islands and188,000 lakes, which is known as the "country of thousands of lakes". 13 of the country is in the Arctic Circle. It has a mild maritime climate. The average temperature in winter is-14℃-3℃, the average temperature in summer is 13℃- 17℃, and the annual average rainfall is 600 mm, which is cold in winter and mild in the south. From south to north, the monthly average temperature of 65438+ 10 is about-4-16℃; The temperature in July is 16- 13℃. The annual precipitation is about 400-600 mm (one third is graupel and snow). The forest area accounts for 7 1% of the total area, mainly pine and spruce. Water resources are abundant. There are minerals such as copper, zinc, gold, chromium, cobalt, titanium and vanadium. The earliest inhabitants of Finland are Lapland, so Finland is also called Lapland. Later, Finns moved in and established the Grand Duchy of Finland. /kloc-ruled by Sweden in the second half of the 0/2nd century. 1809 After the Russian-Swiss War, it merged into the Russian Empire and became a grand duchy. 19 17 12 Finland declared its independence. At the end of the Ice Age about 9,000 years ago, the ancestors of Finns migrated here from the south and southeast. Since Swedish King Eric brought Christianity to Finland in 1 154, the two countries have maintained a very close relationship for 700 years. Swedish has always been the first language of administrative and educational institutions, while Finnish was not valued until the upsurge of Finnish nationalism in the19th century and the publication of Ka Laivaara, Finland's first history of national poetry. Finland was occupied by the troops of czar Alexander I in 1808. Since then, Finland has been an autonomous principality of the Russian Empire until 19 17. 19 17 12.6 Soon after the Russian Bolshevik Revolution (October Revolution), Finland declared its independence. The country experienced a short but unforgettable civil war. During World War II, Finland fought two wars with the Soviet Union: the winter war of 1939~ 1940 (Sweden provided partial assistance to Finland) and the continuous war of 194 1~ 1944 (Nazi Germany provided important help to Finland). In the battle of Lapland from 1944 to 1945, Finland drove the Germans out of northern Finland. 1947 and 1948 signed many treaties with the Soviet union, which stipulated Finland's obligations and restrictions on the Soviet union, and Finland also made more territorial concessions on the basis of the 1940 peace treaty. 199 1 After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Finland finally decided its own destiny and joined the European Union in 1995.