Finland inflicted a serious military victory over ussr, actually had a possibility of Allies joining in Winter War, and fought with ussr in 1941-1945. After all that it got its neutral position, not only by ceding some land, but actively resisting.
Meanwhile Baltic states lost their sovereignty for 50 years.
Finland had an offer from the USSR to swap some land for double the size elsewhere. After the "serious military victory over ussr" it lost that land plus some more for the total of 11% of its area, including its second largest city.
>and fought with ussr in 1941-1945
That is a very hilarious way to say that Finland allied with Nazis and got crushed again.
I've asked Gemini. Interestingly, they were offered over 2x as much territory in exchange for 1.5% of their land. Curiously, Wikipedia doesn't mention that in the Winter War article.
They lost 10-11% after WW2. Which deal was better?
"every male still needs to spend one year of their life"
Not 1 year. Gemini says it's 6-12 months, and several European countries not bordering the big bad fit that criteria.
Who exactly is after Austria, which has conscription, but has been neutral since basically the entire cold war?
Or the famously neutral Switzerland?
"No, it hasn’t."
Top Export Partners (2019)
The total value of Finnish goods exports in 2019 was approximately $72.84 billion.
artem2471|13 days ago
pandaman|12 days ago
>and fought with ussr in 1941-1945
That is a very hilarious way to say that Finland allied with Nazis and got crushed again.
Gud|13 days ago
They lost a large chunk of land and every male still needs to spend one year of their life defending their country.
docdeek|13 days ago
gspetr|13 days ago
I've asked Gemini. Interestingly, they were offered over 2x as much territory in exchange for 1.5% of their land. Curiously, Wikipedia doesn't mention that in the Winter War article.
They lost 10-11% after WW2. Which deal was better?
"every male still needs to spend one year of their life"
Not 1 year. Gemini says it's 6-12 months, and several European countries not bordering the big bad fit that criteria.
Who exactly is after Austria, which has conscription, but has been neutral since basically the entire cold war?
Or the famously neutral Switzerland?
"No, it hasn’t."
Top Export Partners (2019)
The total value of Finnish goods exports in 2019 was approximately $72.84 billion.
1. Germany: $10.44 billion (14.33% share)
2. Sweden: $7.47 billion (10.26% share)
3. United States: $5.20 billion (7.14% share)
4. Netherlands: $4.34 billion (5.95% share)
5. Russia: $4.02 billion (5.51% share)
6. China: $3.84 billion (5.28% share)
Top Import Partners (2019)
1. Germany: $11.42 billion (15.49% share)
2. Russia: $10.01 billion (13.57% share)
3. Sweden: $8.16 billion (11.06% share)
4. China: $5.49 billion (7.45% share)
5. Netherlands: $3.29 billion (4.46% share)
6. United States: $2.48 billion (3.37% share)
Nominal GDP per Capita in 2019 (2019 US dollars):
United States: $65,281
Finland: $48,629
Germany: $46,793
Yep, didn't work out well at all.