Location: Northern Europe (64 00 N, 26 00 E)
Land Area: 305,470 square kilometers
Coastline: 1,126 kilometers
Highest Point: 1,328 meters (Haltiatunturi)
Lowest Point: 0 meters (Baltic Sea)
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP): $158.4 billion (2005 est.)
GDP Per Capita: purchasing power parity $30,300 (2005 est.)
Number of Workers: 2.61 million (2005 est.)
Unemployment Rate: 7.9% (2005 est.)
Industries: Paper, shipbuilding, electronics, textiles, copper
Currency: Euro (EUR), was Markka (FIM) What does it look like?

Type of Government: Republic
Head of State: President Tarja Halonen (since 1 March 2000)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Matti VANHANEN (since 24 June 2003)
Capital City: Helsinki
Legal Age to Vote: 18
Flag Design: white with a blue cross, shifted a little to the hoist side of the flag
Official Language: Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003 est.)
Religions: Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003 est.)

After being a possession of both Sweden and Russia, Finland won its independence from Russia in 1917. Finns had to fight to keep their country from both Russia and Germany in World War 2, and has since become a world leader in mobile technology, with cellular giant Nokia based there.