Finland

Finland, also referred to as the Kingdom of Finland, was a nation located in northern Europe bordering the eastern arm of the Baltic Sea. 
== History ==
Founded by players Nymphidities and DanteDown, the nation of Finland was settled and created January 8th 2021.
=== Settlement ===
Following the de-activation of geopolitical server Earth But Blocky (EBB) more commonly known as Sbevecraft, players Nymphidities and DanteDown were invited to the Mappercraft server. 
Upon joining the world, the two crafted an agreement to form a nation in Northern Europe. Both Nymphidities and DanteDown made thier way by boat to the southernmost tip of the IRL nation of Finland. Meeting up, players settled into a small town where they soon were approached by server admin Multi-Gamer with questions about the their nation and possible land claims. 
Deciding to take inspiration from the IRL location, the new players decided upon the name of their new country, thus forming the Republic of Finland. 
=== Building Helsinki ===
Territory was claimed in a small area around the tip of Finland, much of the area consisting of spruce forests on flat land, with an already looted naturally generated village on the western side. After the formation of Finland as a country, player DanteDown dug out a series of cave systems below what is now the current location of the city of Helsinki. Establishing a homebase within the cave, the forest in the area was quickly cleared and construction of a large board walk was started. During this time, new player DR4GON joined the nation and set out to build a house in the nearby generated village.
Helsinki slowly expanded, with new buildings being added to the boardwalk and farms built in the cave system beneath it. A port for trade was set up as well, with pyres overlooking the sea built to signal incoming visitors.
Recent addition DR4GON helped out with planning new builds and management of farms within Helsinki, while DanteDown built up shops and new structures along the boardwalk. 
The boardwalk grew from the center of Finland to encompass most of the eastern tip of the claimed territory, and soon basic roads were filled out to provide easier development of the city.
On January 16, 2020. player Nymphidities took up responsibility for the construction of a series of large towers further inland along the coast, creating the basis for a castle that would become the capitol building of Helsinki, Finland. Nymphidities terraformed the area around a small pool of water and evened out the surrounding land before moving on to build the four towers and surrounding walls step by step. Soon thereafter, roads from the castle connecting to the boardwalk were built, expanding towards structures and more builds further inland.
As of February 14, 2021, buildings in the city of Helsinki included: a café, armor shop, villager trading stalls, a large fountain, a cactus xp bank, player lodging unit, various boardwalk booths, and the Finnish capitol castle.
=== Territory Expansion ===
====Absorption of Svedland==== 
After the addition of more Finnish citizens and the expansion of Helsinki, co-leaders of Finland DanteDown and Nymphidites approached the neighbouring nation Svedland with a proposal to combine each nation's population and territory to expand more land and protect against possible threat from the south. With Svedland becoming part of Finnish territory, it was at this point that Finland changed over from a Republic to a Monarchy, becoming the Kingdom of Finland. Nymphidities took the position as King of Finland with Dante as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Bernardo9914 became the Leader of Sweden. 
====Acquisition of Danish Territory====
At 0856, Wednesday 17th February (AEST), user Sam’s Club, king of Denmark and Nymphidities, king of Finland came to an arrangement. All Danish territory including Denmark proper, a southern portion of Sweden as well as Scotland would be ceded into the Kingdom of Finland. With this, Finnish territory grew to span the entity of Northern Europe. 
== International Relations ==
Finland has remained neutral throughout its existence, primarily focused on internal affairs. Despite this, Finland had focused on improving international relations and alliances following the collapse of Rome and subsequent dissolution of a Finnish-Roman non-aggression pact. These Alliances included:
• Finland-Indobzexia Alliance
• Finland-East African Federation Alliance
• Finland-Halifax Alliance
• Finland-Austria Alliance
• Finland-Egypt Alliance
• Finland-Maracaibo Alliance
== Finnish-Danish War ==
User Butternalso broke away from Finland, taking with them Denmark on Feburary 19th. As a result to this, user Nymphidities declared war. It was at this point, all allies of Finland disappeared and only two were able to fight Butter as he made his way to the Finnish capital Turku. The war stopped for the night (AEST) and continued the following day. 
The next day, Nymphidities returned to finish the war with Butter. Approximately 15 people were preparing to fight the Danish army. Nymphidities arrived back in Finland to see not just Butter but also the second in command Dante preparing to destroy everything. Finland's own army had turned against it, resulting in a complete destruction of the nation. Denmark, renaming itself to the Free State of Nordica, proceeded to annex all of Finland's old land.__FORCETOC__
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