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The Iron Curtain: A Cold War NRP

Jester Acharis said
I'm just going to comment that if this takes place in 1950, Finland's president is not Urho Kekkonen, as he was elected in 1956 (Paasikivi is the president until then). Similarly, the military strength of 40,000 looks... strange. Even back in the Continuation War that only ended a few years prior to this rp, as well as in the Winter War before that, the military strength deployed was around ten times that number, if rounded up. Of course, with casualties and everything taken into account, the numbers did go down quite a bit afterwards - but not by that much. Unless you count military strength some different way.Er, sorry for butting in, just felt the need to offer some corrections, since I planned to join earlier (realized that my time doesn't permit me to join in the end), and did a double take on that while reading through the CSes and all - especially on the president being wrong because that's easily looked up. Will be going now.

I'm well aware of all of these things. I made Kekkonen the leader since this RP is in fact alternate history; having alternate leaders has already been discussed a number of times. As for the military I've already clarified that I couldn't find precise information on the size of the FDF during the 50s so I went with the modern number and rounded it up (from 36,000ish to 40,000). Not really a big deal.

Cold War Nation Sheets

Nation's full name: Republic of Finland
Population: 4,000,000
Current leader's name: Urho Kekkonen
Allegiance: Neutral
Military strength: 40,000

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Posted. Just a small one. Starting off with Finland is surprisingly hard.

The Iron Curtain: A Cold War NRP

Finland
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'We are no longer Swedes, we cannot become Russians, let us therefore be Finns in thought, feeling and deed.'

January 1950

Nearly six years had passed since the end of the Continuation War and nearly ten since the end of the Winter War; a major turning point for Finland. For several hundred years Finland had been under the control of Sweden and later Russia as the Grand Duchy of Finland until thirty three years ago. Finland had finally become an independent nation in its own right. Following major fighting against the Soviet Union in the late thirties and early forties Finland had been devastated by war and many people lived in poverty, particularly in the more rural north. Major industrialisation had proved a huge boost to Finland's economy in more recent years however. The final train carrying war reparations to Russia in the form of machinery would soon pass through Vainikkala station and with it the last of Finland's debt to the Soviets would be paid. Mass migration to the Southern lands, particularly around Helsinki, had given Finland a much larger workforce to bolster their economy. Prime Minister Kekkonen had followed in his predecessors footsteps by maintaining neutrality via trade with both NATO and Warsaw Pact nations.

The world was rapidly changing. Countries previously under tyrannical or colonial rule were separating and becoming independent nations much like Finland itself. While Finland was still a small nation it had proved during the Winter War that it was not a weak nation to be trampled on by the great powers any longer. Provided previous belligerent nations did not attempt to attack Finland again it would have the time needed to repair, rebuild and restructure itself into a modern nation; perhaps not equal in size to nations like France or the United States but certainly equal in quality. With the final train to the Soviet Union arriving later in January Finland would be able to focus more of its industry on itself, towards progressing its own development and towards increasing trade with foreign powers. Due to Finland's precarious geographical position this trade was vital to maintain neutrality in the coming years lest another war break out; for which the while the Finnish forces were prepared the Finnish people were not.

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I'll get a post up in a few hours. It's 03:00 here.

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Nation's full name: Republic of Finland
Population: 4,000,000
Current leader's name: Urho Kekkonen
Allegiance: Neutral
Military strength: 40,000

I wasn't too sure about the military strength because information on Finland during the 50s is a bit scarce so I just rounded up the modern military size if that's alright?

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Jannah said
Done. Also, remember to fill out your nation sheets. There's one up now in the first post. That'll confirm your place in the game.

Thanks so much :)

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Can you change my thing on the OP from UK over to Finland, please? :)

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In fact I think I'll skip on being the UK and just go for Finland.

The Iron Curtain: A Cold War NRP

Jannah said
Yea, probably the one where I played as Poland. I then had that uprising with the opposition leader, which went sour very fast :P.

Yeah :P let's hope this lasts a bit longer!