Finland

The Brief:Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north while Estonia lies to its south. Finland is bounded by the Baltic Sea, with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. The ?land Islands, off the southwestern coast, are an autonomous, demilitarized administrative province of Finland. Finland has a population of 5,282,583 people spread over 338,145 square kilometres (130,559 square miles) making it the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. Finland is a democratic republic with a semi-presidential system and parli..