Republic of FinlandCapital city: Helsinki

Demonym: Finnish/FinnOfficial languages:Finnish/Swedish

Population: 5.4 mill. peopleCurrency: Euro (€) (EUR).

Finland is a country in Northern Europe and is a member state of

the European Union. Its neighbors are Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the east

and Estonia to the south, beyond the sea called Gulf of Finland.

President Sauli Niin-istö

Prime Minister Juha Sip-ilä

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional re-public

Finland has thousands of lakes (about 188,000) and islands (about 179,500) leading to the nickname for the country "Land of the Thousand Lakes".

Another nickname for Fin-land is "land of midnight sun". During summer the sun does not drop below the horizon in the north instead shining all day and night.

The Brown bear is the national animal of Fin-land

Telecommunications company Nokia is from Finland, it is headquartered in Espoo, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of mobile phones.

Surprisingly, there are no public pay-phones in Finland! There are over 5 million mobile phones in Finland for a population of 5.4 million.

Rovio Entertainment, creators of the phone app Angry Birds are from Finland.

It is a legal requirement to have your headlights on, whether in summer or winter, in sunlight or darkness, even under the mid-night sun!

Finland holds world cham-pionships for wife carry-ing, mobile phone throw-ing, mosquito catching, swamp soccer, boot throwing, sauna and air guitar.

There are around 2.2 million saunas in Fin-land, 1 for every 2.5 people. There are more saunas than cars in Finland.

There are tuition-free Universities in Finland, Austria, Norway, Germany, and Sweden with careers in English for international students.