**Finland** is a [liberal](Liberalism "wikilink"),
[capitalist](Capitalism "wikilink") [state](List_of_States "wikilink")
in Western Europe, near [Sweden](Sweden "wikilink"),
[Norway](Norway "wikilink"), [Russia](Russia "wikilink") and
[Estonia](Estonia "wikilink").

## Positives and Negatives

### Positives

  - Finland is a [social democracy](Social_Democracy "wikilink").
  - Finland has a fairly liberal and effective education system.

### Negatives

  - Finland exports lots of weapons to countries that violate human
    rights and warzones, such as [Kazakhstan](Kazakhstan "wikilink"),
    [Saudi Arabia](Saudi_Arabia "wikilink"),
    [Bahrain](Bahrain "wikilink"),
    [Afghanistan](Afghanistan "wikilink"), [India](India "wikilink"),
    [Thailand](Thailand "wikilink"), [Israel](Israel "wikilink") and the
    [United States](United_States "wikilink").
  - Finland has [conscription](conscription "wikilink") for men,
    conscientious objectors are sent to jail.
  - There is a fair bit of discrimination and wage theft against migrant
    workers from Estonia, [China](China "wikilink") and
    [Poland](Poland "wikilink").