Suomi/Finland
Area: 338 145 km
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Population: 5.1 million (rounded)
Capital city: Helsinki
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 6 December
EU membership: 1 January 1995 (EU)
Head of State: President Tarja Halonen
Head of Government: Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
Foreign Minister: Erkki Tuomioja
Government: Coalition: Suomen Keskusta (KESK, Finnish Centre Party, 55 seats), Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (SDP, Finnish Social Democratic Party, 53 seats), Svenska Folkpartiet i Finland (SFP, Swedish People’s Party in Finland, 8 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Eduskunta, 200 members, elections every 4 years, no threshold
GDP: €149 725 million (2004, rounded)
GDP per capita in PPS: €25 600 (2004, rounded)
Economic growth in real terms: + 3.6 % (2004, rounded)
Links:
Head of State: http://www.president.fi
Head of Government: http://www.vnk.fi
Head of Government: http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi
Foreign Minister: http://formin.finland.fi
Parliament: http://www.eduskunta.fi

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