Therumancer said:
I see allot of your points were addressed, however i would like to point out to you that Finland is part of the EU, and has a borderless policy with other EU nations.
Helsinki is a huge mixture of culture and race.
Also, your emphasis on american schooling's seperate cultures causing issues with learning and development is just plain tripe.
Id like to remind you finland is a dual language nation. With both Finnish and Swedish languages officially recognised. Here children begin learning english at 8 years old, and swedish a little bit after as well as the option to learn 2 more during highschool should you wish it.
Every fin under 30 can speak at least passable Finnish, Swedish and English. (Although most fins are guilty of sleeping during swedish lessons...)
All you created were a bunch of excuses for your nations shortcomings. Your excuses are meaningless. Your nation simply didnt measure up.
Embrace and overcome. Your people can sit there, feel sorry for themselves and say "oh but we have these problems!" or they can get the hell over themselves and work to fix them.