Finland gets a National Bank of its own, a currency of its own, and a customs service of its own. Finland also gets a Civil Service of its own, and in all aspects a more independent position then she had had as one of many parts in the Swedish realm. Between 1863 and 1902, the status of the Finnish language in the Civil Service was gradually equalized with that of the Swedish language. Until Russia's defeat by Japan in 1905 the situation in Finland remains very tense. Then the decree from 1899 is revoked, and common suffrage, equal for all men and women, is enacted in 1906.
Conservatives turn out to give very poor results.
As the political situation in Russia gets increasingly chaotic after the revolutions in 1917, Finland prepares for liberation. The agrarian and urban proletarians, inspired by the October Revolution in Russia, instead prepare for a World Revolution. According to a revoked law from 1878, a compulsory military service is introduced, and the remaining Russian troops are required to leave. As they don't, they are disarmed by the National Army. The Civil War lasts only three months, but is both bitter and bloody.