Finland - Latvia: What Really Happened?

Day 567, 12:33 • Published in Finland Finland • by avec
Finland - Latvia: What Really Happened?



On Sunday 7th June, 2009 Finland declared war on Latvia. This was immediately noticed in international media and now, several countries have pledged to help both sides of war – what is going on in there? Why does the UK have a MPP with Latvia? Why are British paras fighting for Finland? These questions are all valid and in this article I try my best to give answers to them.


Introduction

Finland is an interesting country. Although small in numbers, lacking high raw material resources and large population and it's geo-political is of no great importance, every month or two it pops up in international media and the eyes of the world are on the events that occur around that small nation. About three months ago was the last time, when Finland conquered Leningrad-Oblast, Moscow and Nord-Norge from Norway in a blink of an eye. This was because Norway was taken over by PEACE goons, and to safeguard those regions, Finland took them under it's umbrella.

Today some think that was an imperialistic move, but that's far from truth. The Norwegian government gave those regions to Finland as they were about to be taken over by hostile forces. PEACE forces tried to free Moscow region shortly after, but Finland, with the help of ATLANTIS allies managed to keep control of Moscow. After being unable to conquer Nord-Norge, Moscow or Leningrad-Oblast militarily, PEACE/Hungary changed strategy. Besides the constant threat to attack Moscow, they now threatened to take over Finland politically. At almost every election now there has been a threat of take over, but due to political events elsewhere in the world, Finland has been spared the fate of political take over.

That was the case until last month. No, Finland was not taken over, but it was close. A major party in Finland, the Finnish Socialistic Party (SSP), was taken over by a Hungarian goon in party president elections. It was expected that the Finnish congress elections would see a mass of Hungarian goons enter the race and take a majority of seats there, but apparently due to Victor Petrescu and Indonesian elections, Hungary directed it's voters elsewhere. This, however didn't diminish the threat of takeover, since the goon that took over SSP was still there, and he had announced himself as the next CP candidate. Again, it was expected that Hungary would send voters to get him elected as president, but again, due to Indonesian situation, that was avoided.

So, the take over was avoided. For now. What about next month? The month after? The threat is present as long as Finland occupies Moscow and Leningrad-Oblast. Russians want them back and they will do whatever it takes to achieve that. Due to the threat of losing the region, very few people have dared to set up companies in Moscow, despite it's a high grain region. As such, the region would be of immense worth to Finland, as Finland lacks high RM regions altogether. For one, you would expect one of the largest wood exporters in Europe that provides 25% of wood in Europe to have at least one high wood region...




Motives behind the conflict

So, to avoid the threat of take over and direct assault, Finland decided to take precautionary actions. They negotiated to return Moscow and Leningrad-Oblast to Russia. As Finland would lose their only high RM region then, a plan to maintain competitiveness of Finnish economy was conceived. Finland borders currently Sweden, Norway and Estonia. None of those countries can be attacked. However, Moscow region borders Latvia – a small country that was has low population, almost non-existent infrastructure and low potential for growth. It also has a high grain region that is almost deserted – only 8 land companies are active there. So, to give Finnish economy a chance to compete with others, give the country war experience and activate the population by giving them war, they decided to attack Latvia via Moscow. Their plan is to take Latgale first, and then attack Zemgale, which is a high grain region. As soon as Finland has occupied Zemgale, Latgale is liberated, leaving Latvia all of it's original regions except for Zemgale.




"Imperialistic Finns"

Now, the motives above can be read so that Finland is bored, so they decided to attack their weak neighbours. That, however is far from truth. Of course it is not ideal to deprive Latvia of it's only high grain region, but the plan for the region does benefit both sides. As Finland takes the region, it at first provides all sides combat experience.

After it has conquered the region, Finns have agreed to buy active companies there with a fair price, giving Latvians profit. All workers there can keep their jobs, so they lose little to nothing. Finland wants to maintain friendly relations with Latvia after the conflict, so they import the grain and products produced there to Latvia so Latvian market supply does not suffer from the loss of the region.

Also, by comparing Latvian and Finnish populations, Finland has considerably larger and more experienced people. Their military is more efficient, so Finland can protect the region from foreign incursions better than Latvia. Latvians can stay in the region and set up their own companies – the only thing that changes is the nominal owner of the region.

Some might remember what happened in Finland after it got conquered by Norway one year ago. A massive outrage followed in Finnish forums, and in short time, almost 2,000 new players appeared in Finland. They took over Norway and become a major player in world politics – just because their country got taken over by foreigners. If the same happens in Latvia, Finns taking Zemgale is the best thing that can ever happen to Latvia.




End words

Before you go shouting we should condemn yet another trustworthy and useful old ally of ours, please make some research on the topic at first. We have insulted and fought against several of our most oldest and powerful allies lately without any reason. Finland has been nothing but friendly towards us, they have fought besides us in various conflicts and they share common interests with us. Is it really worth aligning us against Finland, a growing and friendly nation for a country that has an active population that can be counted with fingers?