FINLAND

Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, Estonia to the south, and north-eastern Norway to the north. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Finland's population is 5.52 million as of July 2019, the majority of whom live in the central and south of the country and speak Finnish, a Finnic language from the Uralic language family, unrelated to the Scandinavian languages. Finland is the eighth-largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. It is a parliamentary republic of 310 municipalities, and includes an 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. Swedish is the second official language of Finland, which is mainly spoken in certain coastal areas and on Åland.

Finland is a top performer in numerous metrics of national performance, including education, economic competitiveness, civil liberties, quality of life, and human development. In 2015, Finland was ranked first in the World Human Capital and the Press Freedom Index and as the most stable country in the world during 2011–2016 in the Fragile States Index, and second in the Global Gender Gap Report. It also ranked first on the World Happiness Report report for 2018 and 2019. Finland joined the United Nations in 1955 and adopted an official policy of neutrality. Finland joined the European Union in 1995 and has been part of the Eurozone at its inception in 1999.

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NOTE: The FINLAND cache is not located at the posted coordinates. The cache is now a nano, so you can take the associated code number to find EU- Brussels. Please do not park at the corner; park about 40 meters north of the cache, where there is a wide shoulder.

To find FINLAND, you need to solve the following puzzle by filling in the two blanks below:

According to a certain British comedy troupe, Finland is "a poor second to ________, when going abroad" and is "lots of miles from __________". Nonetheless, the singer declares, it is "the country where I want to be...".

(A) Sweden/London: N 53° 35.195 W 113° 19.222- code=5
(B) Germany/Turkey: N 53° 34.700 W 113° 20.758 code=6
(C) Norway/Australia: N 53° 36.379 W 113° 20.913 code=7
(D) Belgium/Vietnam: N 53° 35.202 W 113° 20.300 code=8