Ka cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1917, Finland ta yi shelar 'yancin kai. A
yakin basasa tsakanin Finnish Red Guards da White Guard ya biyo bayan 'yan watanni daga baya, tare da Whites samun rinjaye a lokacin bazara na 1918. Bayan da al'amuran cikin gida suka daidaita, har yanzu tattalin arzikin agrarian ya karu da sauri. Dangantaka da Yamma, musamman Sweden da Ingila, sun kasance masu ƙarfi amma tashin hankali ya kasance tare da Tarayyar Soviet. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Finland ta yi yaƙi sau biyu da Tarayyar Soviet, da farko tana kare 'yancin ta a cikin Yakin hunturu sannan kuma ta mamaye Tarayyar Soviet a cikin Yaƙin Ci gaba. A cikin yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya Finland ta ƙare ta ba da babban ɓangare na Karelia da wasu yankuna zuwa Tarayyar Soviet. Duk da haka, Finland ta kasance mai mulkin demokraɗiyya mai zaman kanta a Arewacin Turai.