Finland Conspiracy

History

• Origin

• • • The country does not exist
      • Originated from Jack (Raregans) on Reddit learning from his parents
      • It’s just Eastern Sweden
      • World maps are altered as it's a U.N conspiracy to keep people believing in Finland. And the idea that an entire country is made up seems so bizarre that nobody would ever believe it, making it easy to do.
  • The Players
    • “Finnish” people
    • The Japanese
    • Nokia
    • Fishing Companies

• Why

• • • The Japanese love their sushi but tight fishing regulations and public outcry mean they can't fish as much as they want.
    • After the Cold War they agreed with Russia to create a 'landmass' called Finland where they could fish.
    • The fish is then transported through Russia where a small percentage of the food is given to the population, (they were of course starving at the time of Finland being invented), and then is shipped to Japan under the disguise of 'Nokia' products. Japan is apparently one of the worlds largest importers of Nokia products despite the fact that 'nobody there owns a Nokia phone' apparently.
  • What makes it so interesting
    • There is an internet adage named after a commenter by the name of Nathan Poe, who was arguing creationism on Christian forums (because of course he was, this is the internet). Poe’s Law
    • 90% view it as a joke. However, there are 10 percent of people who genuinely believe it's something that needs 'proving' or 'debunking' from both sides.
  • What about the fins?
    • These people do really exist and genuinely believe they are in Finland, but they instead are "from small towns on either the eastern part of Sweden, the western part of Russia, or the northern part of Estonia." Helsinki, Finland's largest city and capital, exists in eastern Sweden. They named it Finland because fish have fins.
    • Per the Vice article below:
      • "No real country could so consistently place first in education, healthcare, gender equality, literacy rates, national stability, the least corrupt government in the world, freedom of the press," reads the theory. "It's a concept for countries and people to aspire to."
    • When confronted about it, Rob Zombie said, "That's a good question. I don't think I've ever been to Finland. I've certainly been around the area, but I don't think I've ever been there. So I don't have photographic evidence."

• THE ACTUAL FACTS

• • Japan-Soviet relations had always been shaky at best, but also incredibly secretive. Even as early as 1925 Japan and the Soviet Union had secret deals with each other regarding fishing rights between the two countries, with the Soviet Union giving up much of it's fishing rights to Japan with seemingly no explanation as to why. These secretive treaties and alliances continued right up until just before the fall of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev made trips to Japan months before the fall of the Soviet Union stating the entire time how the relations between them were improving, even when Soviet relations with the rest of the world were worsening.
  • Why at the height of WW2, were the battles between these two countries minimal despite being on opposing sides?
  • Why did Japan sign a peace treaty with Russia in 1941, just months before their allies, Germany, went to war with Russia?
    • This reason was Finland. It was a common asset.
  • Japan can fish in the region of ocean between Sweden and Russia without worry for environmental repercussions, after all, nobody's going to expect fishing regulations to be broken in a place where everyone thinks there's a landmass will they? And in return Russia get a percentage of the fish to distribute amongst their populace.
  • It's a simple case of fishing the Finnish Sea, transporting it across Russia, (that was the real reason for the construction of the Trans-Siberian railway by the way), and then shipping it from the Eastern Russian coast to Japan under the disguise of 'Nokia' products.
  • This is why Nokia is the largest 'Finnish' company, and it is also why Japan is the largest importer of Nokia products, despite the fact that very few people own Nokia phones in the country.

• Why keep it a secret?

At first it was a sign of goodwill between Western Countries and the Soviet Union. A bargaining chip that could be played. But Finland has since evolved to something much more. An idealistic placeholder for what countries should aspire to. No real country could so consistently place first in Education, Healthcare, Gender Equality, Literacy Rates, National Stability, The least corrupt government in the world, Freedom of the press. It's a concept for countries and people to aspire to. But that's where the problems about Finland's existence is disputed. no country in the world can possibly be that good.

Sources:

Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2qjohv/what_did_your_parents_show_you_to_do_that_you/cn6pn30/

Poe's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

Finnish-Japanese Connection: https://www.yamagata-europe.com/en-gb/blog/the-finnish-japanese-connection

Vice Article: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xyd48w/this-dude-accidentally-convinced-the-internet-that-finland-doesnt-exist

Finlant Conspiracy Subreddit Wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/finlandConspiracy/comments/52f5ae/the_finland_conspiracy_and_all_you_need_to_know/

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