[Thomas]

You are partially right. We have very distinctive seasons. During the winter it is, or can be, rather cold, and in the summers it might be even hot. As Finland is situated on the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere, there are great differences between the southern and the northern parts of the country. The north seems to be what most people outside of Finland know something about. Yes, there they have reindeer and Lapps, but it's also very sparsely inhabited. It's wildlife from Taiga to Tundra. A quarter of the population of Finland (total is 5.5 millon) live in the southern surroundings of our capital Helsinki. It's a mid-size European town as any other. The climate in the south is not as harsh as in Lappland (north). Finns usually speak English quite well. We are a trilingual country, with the majority (94 percent) Finnish-speaking, around 5 percent Swedish-speaking and a very small minority of Lapps that speak same. Finland is a democracy and our president is a woman. Some people out there might have heard or seen something like a Nokia mobile phone. Nokia is a Finnish company. The economy of Finland is rather equally based between information technology exports and forest- and pulp-related products.

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Name : Thomas, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 37, City : Helsinki, State : NA Country : Finland, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, 

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