GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)

(Estimated 2011): $270.6 billion (US$) or (GBP)

GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)

GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States) 

(Estimated 2011): $196.7 billion (US$) or (GBP)

Capital: Helsinki

Population (Estimated July 2012): 5,262,930

Area Total: 338,424 km² or 130,666 mi²

Currency: Euro (€)

Official Language: Finnish or Swedish

Political Information: Parliamentary Republic

Official Religion: Lutheran Church of Finland (approximately 82.5% of the population are Lutheran, 2.3% have other religious beliefs and 15.1% have no religious beliefs)

Highest Mountain: Haltiatunturi at 1,328m or 4,357ft

Largest River:

Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +2:00

Wildlife:

 Counties/Provinces/States: 19 regions (maakunnat, singular - maakunta (Finnish); landskapen, singular - landskapet (Swedish)); Aland (Swedish), Ahvenanmaa (Finnish); Etela-Karjala (Finnish), Sodra Karelen (Swedish) [South Karelia]; Etela-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Sodra Osterbotten (Swedish) [South Ostrobothnia]; Etela-Savo (Finnish), Sodra Savolax (Swedish) [South Savo]; Kanta-Hame (Finnish), Egentliga Tavastland (Swedish); Kainuu (Finnish), Kajanaland (Swedish); Keski-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Mellersta Osterbotten (Swedish) [Central Ostrobothnia]; Keski-Suomi (Finnish), Mellersta Finland (Swedish) [Central Finland]; Kymenlaakso (Finnish), Kymmenedalen (Swedish); Lappi (Finnish), Lappland (Swedish); Paijat-Hame (Finnish), Paijanne-Tavastland (Swedish); Pirkanmaa (Finnish), Birkaland (Swedish) [Tampere]; Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Osterbotten (Swedish) [Ostrobothnia]; Pohjois-Karjala (Finnish), Norra Karelen (Swedish) [North Karelia]; Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Norra Osterbotten (Swedish) [North Ostrobothnia]; Pohjois-Savo (Finnish), Norra Savolax (Swedish) [North Savo]; Satakunta (Finnish and Swedish); Uusimaa (Finnish), Nyland (Swedish) [Newland]; Varsinais-Suomi (Finnish), Egentliga Finland (Swedish) [Finland Proper]

 Leaders: President Sauli Niinistö with Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen

 Additional: Independence from Russia on the 6th of December 1917.

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica.