Area: 338 145 km²
Population: 5.26 million
Capital city: Helsinki
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 6 December
EU-membership: 1 January 1995

Head of State: President Tarja Halonen
Head of Government: Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
Foreign Minister: Ilkka Kanerva
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, 9 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Eduskunta, 200 members, elections every 4 years

GDP: € 157.4 billion (5)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 30 005 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 2.8% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.president.fi
Head of Government: http://www.vnk.fi
Government: http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi
Foreign Minister: http://formin.finland.fi
Parliament: http://www.eduskunta.fi

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