So how did little Finland become t World's Happiest ..? 26 1 22

Country?

Some have it that it is because its ppl are mostly community spirited whilst others say it is because its ppl are more interested in free time than in amassing great wealth...
As an immigrant I have a few pertinent views i believe which I shall endeavour to ennumerate, thus:
1) It's small size of only 5.5 million ppl is one factor living in a country in size greater than that of Britain which has 66 million;
2) As the most northerly republic in the world, which is to say it has a harsh climate, is undoubtedly another factor: without a community spirit the ppl would have perished a long time ago; 3) I'm gonna say its women are on average stronger than its men: taking my daily swim swimming in the Baltic Sea from the men's side of the Town's Changing room, on the beach formerly known as the "Ladies Beach", where twice as many women than men, have their daily dip. (Women's subcutaneous layer of fat no doubt a factor in all this.
4)Their way of rearing children is different to many other countries perhaps, in a superior way by encouraging them at every turn, as opposed to e.g. the old British way of having someone else do the rearing, and having a saying like "Children should be seen but not heard!", and then the better more well-heeled in their society of sending their children away to Public Boarding Schools from what, aged 7 or 8, when it is more supportive of parents to be be around for their kids throughout childhood.
5) Another factor is that they as a group they are fairly well heeled from the outset, and since their populuation is fairly constant, or if anything, declining, there is a good chance they will get to inherit one or other parent, a situation enshrined in Finnish Law...

So there you go that's my starter in this discussion, your hits will tell me am I on the right track or not , hahaha!!!

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