<Ol> <Li> The . eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states . </Li> </Ol> <Li> The . eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states . </Li> <P> Finland (/ ˈfɪnlənd / (listen); Finnish: Suomi (suo̯mi) (listen); Swedish: Finland (ˈfɪnland)), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland), is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . The country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east . To the south is the Gulf of Finland with Estonia on the opposite side . Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia, which also includes Scandinavia . </P> <P> Finland's population is 5.5 million (2016), and the majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . 88.7% of the population is Finnish and speaks Finnish, a Uralic language unrelated to the Scandinavian languages; the next group is the Finland - Swedes (5.3%). Finland is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . It is a parliamentary republic with a central government based in the capital city of Helsinki, local governments in 311 municipalities, and one autonomous region, the Åland Islands . Over 1.4 million people live in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which produces one third of the country's GDP . </P>

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