Suomi

The **Duchy of Suomi**, also Known Simply as **Suomi** or **Finland**, is one of the Duchies of the Arstotzkan Empire. It shares land borders with the Swedish Duchy to the west, The Rossiyan Duchy and Russia to the ***southeast***, The Sapmi Duchy to the north, and is defined by the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea across Estonia to the south, and the White and Barents Seas to the East. Helsinki is the Duchy's capital and largest city.

### Anthem

"Anthem of Arstotzka" [OFFICIAL], "The Hope of Suomi" [IN THE FUTURE], "LAZY BUMS, ISRAEL EUROVISION 1987 SONG" [MEME ANTHEM]

## Population

### Demonym

Suomi, Suomite, Finnish, Fino, Michaelist

### Main Ethnic Groups

Finnish, Finland-Swedish, Russians, Karelians, Sami, Slovaks, Jews

### Other Recognized Languages

Finnish Sign Language, Hebrew, Swedish, Sami, Finland-Swedish Sign Language, Karelian, Finnish Kalo...

## Other Info

### Date Format

day/month/year

The **Duchy of Suomi** is Home to Many Things, Among them; The Capital of the Empire, The Main Residence of the Empress, the Presidentinlinna, the Main International Airport of the Empire, the Empire's Main University, the Arstotzkan Armed Forces' General Staff, And Much More.

### **Michael's Era**

On May 14th, 2021, While the Empress was choosing new Governor for some of the Duchies, Michael, a Former Soldier of the IDF who had Defected from Israel to Arstotzka, was somehow Chosen to become the Governor of **Suomi**. Thankfully, Michael had already Learned quite a bit about Politics, and was Ready to handle the Duchy and Implement many New Reforms in the Duchy.

Many of the Liberal Reforms, while not Popular with many of the Other Governors of the Other Duchies, May show good results, tho there are many Doubts by non-reformists about how much they could Suceed.

## **Administrative Divisions**

**Suomi** consists of 21 regions, called *maakunta* in Finnish and *landskap* in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition, the public health services are usually organized on the basis of regions. Currently, the only region where a popular election is held for the council is Kainuu. Other regional councils are elected by municipal councils, each municipality sending representatives in proportion to its population.

In addition to inter-municipal cooperation, which is the responsibility of regional councils, each region has a state Employment and Economic Development Centre which is responsible for the local administration of labour, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and entrepreneurial affairs.

Regions represent purely the Administrative Divisions of the Duchy of Suomi, tho a lot of them are set more on Historical, Economic & Cultural Basis.

The Regions all Answer to the *Advisor to the Governor of Suomi in Regards to the Regional Deputies*, which then Answers to the Governor of the Whole Duchy.

## **Politics**

### **Constitution**

As of Writing, **Suomi** does not have it's Own Constitution, and is Instead Subbordinate to the Constiution of Arstotzka.

### **Head of State**

The Head of State of Suomi is the Empress of Arstotzka. The Empress has the Power to be the Supreme Executive of Both **Suomi** and All of the Rest of Empire.

### **Governor**

The Governor of **Suomi** handles all the Matters inside the **Duchy of Suomi**, on Behalf of the Empress. The Governor may Implement Reforms and are De Facto Leaders of the Duchy, tho any of their Actions could be Reversed at any Moment by the Empress.

The Current Governor is Michael Prep.

### **Parliament**

The Suomi Administrative Council is the Parliament of the Duchy, and consists of about 120 Members.

### **Law**

The Current High Court of **Suomi** is the Supreme Court of Suomi.

### **Military**

The Current Military Forces of **Suomi** are the Suomite Ground Forces, Air Force & Navy, but as New Reforms of the AAF Are Happening, this all will Change.

### **Human Rights**

Human Rights in **Suomi** are possibly the Highest in all of the Empire of Arstotzka, Mainly after the Rise of Michael into Power.

Michael's Rapid Reforms and Political Opinions have seen **Suomi** become the Beacon of Human Rights in the Empire, as other Duchies either Do the Exact Opposite (Denmark), not Steer anywhere close with so Many Reforms (Rossiya, Sweden), or Watch with Great Interest (Norway).

The Goal of the New Michael Cabinet has been to Ensure the "Absolute Best Amount of Liberalisation of Society and the System, to Ensure that Suomi may further become the Beacon of Humanity in all of Arstotzka".

Amongst the Many Reforms, the Duchy has seen quite the Wide Equality between Genders, including Michael's Plans to Bring upon a Possible Total Service Equality in the Army between Men and Women.

In Addition, one of the Other Goals of the New Cabinet is to Support LGBTQ+ Rights, and to stop the Old Interracial Violence between the Many Groups of Suomi, such as the Finnish, Russians, Slovaks, etc.

## **Economy**

**Suomi**'s Economy is Amongst one of the Best in all of the Empire.

**[MORE TBA]**

### **Energy**

**Suomi** has some of the Lowest Energy Prices in all of Europe.

**Suomi** has four privately owned nuclear reactors producing 18% of the country's energy and one research reactor (decommissioned 2018) at the Otaniemi campus. The fifth AREVA-Siemens-built reactor – the world's largest at 1600 MWe and a focal point of Europe's nuclear industry – has faced many delays and is currently scheduled to be operational by late 2021, over a decade after the original planned opening. A varying amount (5–17%) of electricity has been imported from Rossiya (at around 3 gigawatt power line capacity), Sweden and Norway.

The Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository is currently under construction at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in the municipality of Eurajoki, on the west coast of **Suomi**, by the company Posiva.

### **Transport**

**Suomi**'s road system is utilized by most internal cargo and passenger traffic. Among the Finnish highways, the most significant and busiest main roads include the Turku Highway (E18), the Tampere Highway (E12), the Lahti Highway (E75), and the ring roads (Ring I and Ring III) of the Helsinki metropolitan area and the Tampere Ring Road of the Tampere urban area.

The main international passenger gateway is Helsinki Airport, which handled about 17 million passengers in 2016. Oulu Airport is the second largest, whilst another 27 airports have scheduled passenger services. The Helsinki Airport-based Finnair, Blue1, and Nordic Regional Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle sell air services both domestically and internationally. Helsinki has an optimal location for great circle (i.e. the shortest and most efficient) routes between Western Europe and the Far East.

Rail transport is handled by the state owned Arstotzkan Railways Company. A high-speed rail line is planned between Helsinki and Turku, with a line from the capital to Tampere also proposed. Helsinki opened the world's northernmost metro system in 1982, which also serves the neighbouring city of Espoo since 2017.

The majority of international cargo shipments are handled at ports. Vuosaari Harbour in Helsinki is the largest container port in **Suomi**; others include Kotka, Hamina, Hanko, Pori, Rauma, and Oulu. There is passenger traffic from Helsinki and Turku, which have ferry connections to Tallinn, Mariehamn, Stockholm and Travemünde. The Helsinki-Tallinn route – one of the busiest passenger sea routes in the world – has also been served by a helicopter line, and the Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel has been proposed to provide railway services between the two cities. Largely following the example of the Øresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark, the Kvarken Bridge connecting Umeå in Sweden and Vaasa in **Suomi** to cross the Gulf of Bothnia has also been planned for decades.

### **Restaurants**

*Main Topics: Lub Co., Maid Cafes Service*

Best Goulash in the World can be Found in Turku, sold by Lub Co.

## **Demographics**

The population of **Suomi** is currently about 6,912,187 inhabitants and is aging with the birth rate at 10.42 births per 1,000 population per year, or a fertility rate of 1.49 children born per woman, one of the lowest in the world, below the replacement rate of 2.1, it remains considerably below the high of 5.17 children born per woman in 1887. **Suomi** subsequently has one of the oldest populations in the world, with the average age of 42.6 years. Approximately half of voters are estimated to be over 50 years old. Finland has an average population density of 18 inhabitants per square kilometre. This is the third-lowest population density of the Arstotzkan Duchies, behind those of Norway and Iceland, and the lowest population density in the Arstotzka. **Suomi**'s population has always been concentrated in the southern parts of the country, a phenomenon that became even more pronounced during 20th-century urbanisation. Two of the three largest cities in **Suomi** are situated in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area—Helsinki and Espoo, and some municipalities in the metropolitan area have also shown clear growth of population year after year, the most notable being Järvenpää, Nurmijärvi, Kirkkonummi, Kerava and Sipoo. In the largest cities of Finland, Tampere holds the third place after Helsinki and Espoo while also Helsinki-neighbouring Vantaa is the fourth. Other cities with population over 100,000 are Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, and Lahti.

As of 2019, there were 423,494 people with a foreign background living in **Suomi** (7.7% of the population), most of whom are from the Soviet Union, Estonia, Somalia, Iraq and former Yugoslavia. Certain persons of Finnish descent who reside in the Soviet Union, retain the right of return, a right to establish permanent residency in the country, which would eventually entitle them to qualify for citizenship. 387,215 people in **Suomi** in 2018 were born in another country, representing 7% of the population. The 10 largest foreign born groups are (in order) from Soviet Union, Estonia, Sweden, Iraq, Somalia, China, Thailand, Serbia, Vietnam and Turkey.

The immigrant population is growing. By 2035, the three largest cites in Finland are projected to have a foreign speaking population percentage of over a quarter each, with Helsinki rising to 26%, Espoo to 30% and Vantaa to 34%. The Helsinki region alone will have 437,000 foreign speakers, up by 236,000.

### **Languages of Suomi**

The Official Language of Suomi is Finnish.

Other Langauges Include English, Swedish, Hebrew, German, French, Karelian, Sami, Russian, Estonian, Arabic and More.

### **Religions of Suomi**

The Largest Religions of Suomi are the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Ikeaism.

Other Religions Include the Orthodox Church, other Christian Churches, Islam, Judaism, Buddhaism, Hinduism, Folk Religions and More.

### **Ethnic Groups of Suomi**

The Largest Ethnic Group in **Suomi** are the Finns. The other Biggest Ethnic Groups are Finno-Swedes/Swedes, Russians, Karelians and Slovaks. Other Minor Ethnic Groups in **Suomi** Include; Sami People, Romani, Pakistanis, Tatars, Jews and More.

### **Health**

It actually works, unlike everywhere else in the Empire.

### **Education**

#### **Languages in Education**

In Suomi's Education system, Finnish is taught immediately from 1st Grade, then English from 6th Grade, and in 8th Grade Students may choose which third Language they want to learn, among the Choices of; French, German, English Speciality (Higher Level English), Spanish, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish and Japanese.

In addition, there are some Specific Suomossad Training Schools, which Include Hebrew as a Mandatory Language from 7th Grade.

## **Culture**

### **Anthem**

The Current Anthem of **Suomi** is the Anthem of Arstotzka, but Governor Michael has Announced that he shall begin work on a New Anthem, Specifically for **Suomi**.

The Name of the Future Anthem is Reported to be "The Hope of Suomi".

### **Drinking**

Too Much sometimes.

But they hate Russian Vodka.

**TBA**

## **Political Parties**

### **Party of Suomite Wholesomeness**

It is the Only Party which can legally head the Coalition in the Suomi Administrative Council, and consists mainly of the Prime Minister and Speaker. its ideals include Judeo-Sablinism, as they are the Founders of the Judeo-Sablinism.