Finland—or Suomi, to give it its Finnish name—is the sixth largest country in Europe, the only countries larger are Russia, France, Spain, Germany, and Sweden. It is a country of lakes and forests. Lakes form 11 per cent of the territory, and forests more than seventy-three per cent. The Scotch pine is the tree of absolute predominance, Imagine, first of all, flying over thousands of little islands, some of them inhabited and some uninhabited and then over the mainland. A, great olling, dark green world of pine forests and rocks, with lakes dotted about everywhere. The coastline i: very indented. There are counties' promontories and long arms of the sea, That is why Finland was suck 1 good country for smugglers who wanted to evade the Finnish Prohibi. tion Law, until it was repealed few years ago.
Although Finland is large in area ts population is only about three and 1 half millions, that is, 27 persons to the square mile. Next to Russia, Finland is Europe's richest country in timber, and its timber exports rank with those of the U.S.A. and Canada. The economic lifeblood of Finland is the sap of its forest trees.
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