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 * **Major Government-Finland has a sovereign parliamentary republic. Finland has a prime minister who is appointed by the president and elected to a 6 year term in office by popular vote.**
 * **Major Religions-Finnish religions result in Finnish Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Muslims and Jews.**
 * **Languages Spoken- Finlands Population consists of Swedish speaking Finns and it is similar to Scandanavian and they also speak a variety of Dialects reffered to as Lappish.**
 * **Current leader or president- The Prime Minister, also known as the president in Finland is Tarja Halonen. She has been in office since March 1, 2000.**
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars- The wars that Finland were in were the Winter War 1939-1940, The Continuation war, 1941-1944 and the Lapland War 1944 and 1945. Finland was also included in World War 2.**
 * **Currency- The money in Finland consists of Euros.**
 * **Major cultural traditions and (holidays/foods etc..)-Christmas is a big Finnish tradition and Finnish food consists of lots of milk,cheese,yogurt,trout,salmon etc.....**
 * **Climate- The Climate in Finland is very snowy and they lack natural energy resources.**
 * **Population- The population in Finalnd has about 5 million people and the largest city is Helsinki which has 570 inhabitANTS by itself.**
 * **Geography- Finland is bordered by Russia to the East and Sweden to the Northwest and Norway to the North. To the south the Gulf of Finland seperates Estonia.**
 * **Major Resources- The major Resources in Finland are copper, zinc reserves, chromite, lead, nickel, silver and gold.**
 * **Major tourist attractions and or historical sights- Due to its remote location Finland attracts fewer foreign tourists comparde to Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Most of the tourist come from Russia.**
 * **Median Family Income- The average family income in Finland is 26,200 Euros.**
 * **Must inlude a __Work Cited Page__ with a minimum of 4 resources (1 book 3 websites)-One of my resources washttp://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?hid=104&sid=24dfb13e-436d-40a4-aa53-08de7d211fc0%40sessionmgr114&vid=4&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#toc, my book was Finland Enchantment of the world, [] and []**