Finland

Finland was a human nation located in Northern Europe on Earth in the Sol System. It was bordered by Sweden, Norway and the Soviet Union.

From the late 13th century, Finland gradually became an integral part of the Swedish Empire as a consequence of the Northern Crusades. In 1809, as a result of the Finnish War, Finland was annexed by the Russian Empire as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, during which Finnish art flourished and the idea of independence began to take hold.

Finland became independent in 1917, with Finnish revolutionaries capitalising on a power vacuum in the Russian Empire after the collapse of the Russian government following the devastating orbital strikes throughout Europe that ended the Great War.

Finland joined the League of Nations in 1920.

In 1965 Finland joined the European Union. Three years later, the European Union was merged with the Commonwealth of Nations to form the United Commonwealth.

The government of the United Commonwealth federalised in 1988. The Finnish government was therefore effectively absorbed into the United Commonwealth Government in 1988, and Finland is largely regarded to have ceased to exist as a separate nation-state on that date.