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government collapsed a year ago right before the parliamentary elections, current PM lasted all of 6 months. no one's having kids and we're nearing the point where we have more retirees suckling on their government-sponsored pensions than we have people in the work force paying for said pensions

healthcare system needs a revamp by way of cuts because the costs are ridiculous, but no politician wants to put their face on it because suggesting cuts in this welfare-state shithole is political suicide

politicians are elected on the basis of "who's promising us the most stuff" and when the question of "how are we supposed lower taxes and raise social benefits at the same time" comes up, both the politicians and the ignorant shitstains that elected them bury their heads in the sand and pretend that it's someone else's problem

our only meaningful exports have been technology and lumber, but no one wants our shitty overpriced wood anymore and the nokia 3310 is not considered the pinnacle of cellular phone tech in 2019

the only reason reason why foreign powers have even a slight interest in us is because we happen to share a border with russia, yet we consider ourselves far superior to the "poorer" eastern bloc countries despite being in the exact same fucking position as they are

our national pride is largely based around the 100-day long Winter War, which we LOST over 60 years ago and still manage brag about it like it was some extraordinary achievement

we desperately need high-skill immigrants as labor, but we mainly just bring in refugees that either a) stay unemployed, suckle on the welfare titty and exacerbate the issue or b) continue the grand tradition of setting up a pizzeria or a kebab place that then closes down a few months later because there were no customers because there were 10 other shitty restaurants in the same 1km radius in a country that has a population of roughly 5 and a half million and an average population density of NINETEEN PEOPLE PER SQUARE KILOMETRE

we're a dying nation, so when you see us in the top 10 of some meaningless WHO-built list, take it with a grain of salt

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