March 20, 1940

About a week ago, I suggested to Sweden and Norway that we should form a real defence union. This idiotic neutrality isn't working at all. Well, today Russia told me it would be against our peace treaty, because according to the treaty I can't join any alliances that are against him. But Sweden and Norway are not going to attack Russia! I tried to explain that Sweden and Norway are harmless nations, and joining with them wouldn't break the peace. He didn't want to listen.

And so what if it's against the treaty. Treaties are only paper. And I'm not sure would an alliance with Sweden, Norway or anyone of them be any good... I'm afraid of Russia, Denmark is afraid of Germany, Sweden is not sure which one he should be more afraid, and Norway thinks he will be safe from everybody. And Iceland still lives with Denmark.

Sve is ready to return those children who were moved to his place to safety during the war... and Estonia promised that children can visit his house during the summer. Otherwise the atmosphere in my house is depressed, people are arguing again, they have lost their faith in justice, moral and empathy, everything is in ruins, and I don't know what I'm going to do with those homeless people. They can't live in bomb shelters for the rest of their lives.

Well, I guess it could be even worse.

March 31, 1940

Russia created a new republic! It's right next to me and it's called as the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, because it includes his East-Karelia and those areas taken from me. Is it a real nation? I mean, can it live, it's so artificial? And there aren't my people anymore, why its language is Finnish! And its leader is the same guy that was also the leader of that earlier puppet goverment... It makes me very nervous... maybe it's just my imagination.

May 7, 1940

Germany attacked against Denmark and then straight away against Norway... I guess Denmark wasn't prepared very well this time, but Norway is still fighting. Germany says he's protecting them from England's attack, and that's why he attacked them... everybody is making up stupid excuses.

April 20, 1940

I will not be the host of the Olympic games of 1940, like I was supposed to be. I decided to cancel the event because everything is a big mess now. And I'm afraid the only competitor would be Germany; everybody else is in danger to disappear from the map. And Russia hates the Olympic games nowadays. They are for the bourgeoisie.

June 14, 1940

Something weird is happening again. My passenger plane Kaleva, was apparently shot down. It usually flies between my and Estonia's place, and it delivers also diplomatic mail... And something bad is happening in the Baltic states too. France is right now in serious trouble with Germany, so no one is paying attention to this. I can't go to meet Estonia, his house is totally isolated!

June 26, 1940

Russia demands Romania to give him Bessarabia, Romania has four days time to decide what he will do. Bessarabia moved in with Romania in 1920, I think. Russia never liked that move... I guess Romania will decide to give Bessarabia away. He saw what happened to me earlier (and everybody else), and I don't think he wants to experience the same.

July 7, 1940

Estonia! Where are you! This is not fun!

August 6, 1940

I don't understand this... Russia says that the Baltics... Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, wanted to join his union and move in with him. All three? At the same time and so suddenly?

I don't know about the others, but I know Estonia. He would never done anything like that! And, well, I don't understand why would Latvia or Lithuania either. Lithuania got that area he and Poland were arguing about from Russia as a prize when he gave Russia a promise to build a military base to his area, but that can't be the reason to join that weird union!

August 19, 1940

Things are not looking too good... Last May my communists founded the Association-for-Peace-&-Friendship-Between-Finland-and-the-Soviet-Union and they have done a lot of weird things since.

Today, its members started fires and screamed scary logans and then a Canadian volunteer shot one of those "peace"-boys. Russia is getting even more noisy because of this. He says this may lead to serious consequences... I think I'm going to have a nervous breakdown soon. I hope I'm not going to "want" to join that union soon too.

September 21, 1940

Today, German soldiers arrived to my area... well, they are only passing by. My leaders promised to Germany, that they can use this route to transport their soldiers from Norway to their vacations. Sve made a similiar contract with him even earlier, so now they come from Sweden to here and from here to Sweden. Their presence makes me feel safer... which is crazy when you think about it.

I asked Germany does Russia know about this. He replied angrily, that he has informed Russia, but this is not his business in any way. Germany has also been subtly asking me what would I do if another war starts in this area, will I fight or surrender, and what I think about Russia etc. Their friendship seems to be even more fake nowadays.

Russia also got rights to transfer more troops by trains to his millitary base earlier in this month. I don't like this. I have no means to control to what he brings there. Who knows how many soldiers he have there! And what weapons. So those Germans are like a counterbalance. I don't think anything will happen as long as they are here.

October 9, 1940

Russia has wanted half of my nickel mines that are located in the "arm" since June. I have told him that the other half belongs to England and Canada, and I can't take it away from them. He asked am I one of England's colonies, because independent countries can do decisions like that without England's agreement... And he said he doesn't really need nickel, he just wants England out of there.

I don't understand why he's so worried about England? To me it looks like England is trying his best to lure Russia to their side because they need his help... Or is Russia only pretending to be worried about England? Germany purchases some nickel from the mines.

October 18, 1940

I and Sve have talked about forming an union. Today, Sve said that if we are going to do that, I have to give up any possible hopes I may have to get my lost areas back. He also said, that he sees hidden hate in my eyes, he's a bit worried about that.

And we also need to ask permission from Germany and Russia. I don't understand why, they don't own us, even if my and Germany's relations are getting better.

This will give all my decision powers back to Sve... Back to the very beginning, it seems. Maybe it will be for the best.

November 3, 1940

...Germany announced already last month that he doesn't accept an union between me and Sve. And today Russia told Sve what he thinks about it: the answer was no way! So I and Sve will not go back together.

Russia has already called me a Swedish vassal. I can't be everybody's vassal! Britain's political prostitute, Swedis vassal etc. What he thinks? There's only one name he doesn't mention... someone who has been really nice to me lately - nicer than anybody else. Someone, who acts like crazy everywhere else. Should I trust him?

November 30, 1940

Germany told me something interesting. He said he met Russia this month, and they had some kind of argument about me, and Germany is sure he threatened me with a new war. But Germany said I don't need to worry anymore. He doesn't allow anyone to attack against me. Well, I really hope so. It's so nice to heard something like that.

December 21, 1940

Germany is planning something big, it's about Russia, but he didn't reveal too much. He wants to know what I think about it. I'm not sure what I'm going to do.

February xx, 1941

I spend a lot of time with Germany nowadays. I still don't know will he attack this spring or when, but apparently he's going to attack against Russia someday. Or not.

April 25, 1941

I may get a change to get everything back... with interest. Yes, I deserve those areas. Germany said that even earlier. People will get their homes back... Should I resist this? And why should I?

June 22, 1941

Germany attacked against Russia and the other soviets during the night. I knew the exact date already a week ago, but I don't think it really was any secret to anyone after Germany started to move his troops more actively.

I haven't done much yet, but Germany's boss mentioned me during his radio speech. This was a surprise to me actually... My social democrats and some other people are against the war, some are not, and I have told everybody that I'm neutral... well, at least at the moment I'm very neutral. There are both German and Russian soldiers on my soil. Later... hm, well, I told them I can't be neutral if there are foreign soldiers on my soil, didn't they listen?

June 25, 1941

I attacked Russia today. I told that I attacked, because Russia started to bomb me again. And well, technically he did, but of course things are not that simple. It's what I wrote about stupid excuses earlier.

August xx, 1941

America tried to visit me today. I didn't want to meet him. I guess he tried to act as a negotiator between me and Russia. It's too late now. There's no turning back.

September 4, 1941

There are mines - everywhere! At first, I wondered what makes them to explode all of sudden. Soon we discovered that these mines were set off when a three-note chord was played on the frequency the radio was tuned to causing three tuning forks to vibrate at once. So, we started to play our own tune on the same frequency. The song is called as the "Säkkijärven polkka", and it really makes the mines unusable.

We're playing it constantly, all day and night. I think Germany would lost his mind if he was here right now.

December 6, 1941

England and his bros. declared war against me today. It means that I'm also at war with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South-Africa. My men are joking, that it's good, because now they can shoot at every direction and they don't need to be careful not to hit any friends. I'm not sure did Germany understand it was just a joke?

I don't think England can really attack here, almost all the countries that surround me are captured by Germany, and England can't go through their yards, but I guess he did bomb Germany's soldiers who are in northern areas.

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Author's Notes: This is not supposed to be a history book, so certain mistakes may occur. Dates with xx are uncertain, only the year might be right... or wrong. Sometimes there are different dates. I don't know what to say about this one... Finland is doing something stupid...

- Sve is ready to return children who were moved to his place to safety during the war - During 1939-44 about 70 000 children were sent to Sweden (some to occupied Denmark and Norway). And about 15 000 stayed there permanently. This has been sometimes considered as a mistake, as some of the kids felt they were abandoned.

- It's right next to me and it's called as the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic - It's not sure why this was created. It was too small to be a Soviet republic according to the Soviet Union's rules, Finns and Karelians were actually a minority in the area, and its leader was the same guy as the leader of that earlier Finnish puppet goverment, Otto Wille Kuusinen (Republic's abolation happened in 1956 when Finland asked for it). Kuusinen was never allowed to return to Finland, not even after he hear he was terminally ill. The government of Finland denied his request every time.

- the Association-for-Peace-&-Friendship-Between-Finland-and-the-Soviet-Union - It was abolished in December 1940. It came back as the Finnish-Soviet Association almost right after the war.

- He said he met Russia this month, and they had some kind of argument about me - Well, yes, but they talked a lot about other thinks too. But of course Germany told only about this part, about the question of Finland and its settlement within the framework of the agreement of last year. Molotov declared that he imagined this settlement on the same scale as in Bessarabia and in the adjacent countries.

- Russia started to bomb me. And well, technically he did - About 500 Soviet planes started to bomb Finland. When Finland accused the Soviet Union about this, the answer was that it was because Finland had Germans on its soil. Finland would have propably attacked anyway, but this made ordinary people even more mad and more eager to attack.

- I'm also at war with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South-Africa - Actually they declared war the day after. So, Finland was officially at war with the Soviet Union, Britain, Australia, South African Union, India, Canada, Czechoslovakia, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, New Zealand and the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. I don't know why Belarus and Ukraine were separated from the Soviet Union in this case and in the Czechoslovakia case it was government in exile.