A/N: I'm alive! And struggling with this and school and lack of inspiration and laziness... But I'm still alive and trying my best. Althought exam week is in two weeks...
Anyways, here is finally the newest chapter. I hope you like this one. And I hope you also review. Otherwise I'll starve, they are my nutrition you see. And even if I don't respond to the reviews, I still read them and appreciate them. Sometimes I just don't know what to say. And because I'm Finn I rather shut up than say something without sensible meaning.
But I again stop pestering you with my rabling so you can enjoy the newest chapter.
From 1812 onwards
The new capital city of Finland
Finland looked around the streets of Helsinki which was to become his new capital city. According to Russia Turku(or Åbo as it was in Swedish) was too far and too Swedish for his tastes. The smaller nation was fine with that especially when the parts of 'Old Finland', the areas Russia had before the Finnish War, were added to the Grand Duchy of Finland as the nation was known. Finland was grateful for the freedom his autonomous position granted to him. He didn't need to spend that much time at Russia's house like the Baltics had and thus was able to build solid foundation for his government. It was true that Russia took care of the foreign policy and kept a close eye on Finland's domestic policy but all in all Finland felt quite free. Unlike he had under Sweden's care/rule.
But what had happened after the Treaty of Fredrikshamn at the other parts of Europe? Sweden joined to the Continental Block against England partly because Russia pressured him to and partly because England came and burnt down the port of Stockholm. Although it didn't last long and didn't really have a lot of effect on the island nation. And that was because France decided to break his pact with Russia and attack to east. Ever heard of war of two fronts? Not good, Finland thought while shaking his head. The whole Europe was now in war against France who didn't have that many allies.
So the years rolled to 1813 and then to 1814 when Napoleon gave up his crown. The emperor was banished to Elba, a little island by Corsica, but from there he escaped and sat on his throne for hundred days until got defeated for the final time in Waterloo 1815. But let's not go too far…
1814
Congress Dance
Vienna. The capital of Austria and the place where the winning nation assembled to discuss about the situation in Europe. For some reason Finland was taken there too by Russia, probably to humiliate Sweden.
All in all the congress took a year and in Finland's opinion it was a laughingstock. There was more dancing and parties than actual negotiating and discussing. Yes, things got done but on infuriatingly slow pace. The time could've been used better in the nation's opinion. He could be at Helsinki and do something useful!
Today – for a change – they all were sitting around the large meeting table. This time Finland was between Russia and Austria. One could've expected the Germanic nation to be up by the end of the table and lead the meeting as it was held on his house but instead England had taken the reins. It wasn't a surprise though. After all England was France's number one enemy and had been the first one to oppose Napoleon's plans of annexing the whole Europe.
Some interesting changes(in Finland's opinion) happened during the course of the Congress. One of them was Norway moving from Denmark's house to Sweden's. The expressionless Nordic didn't seem too pleased with the arrangement though in the other hand he hadn't been too pleased with his situation in Denmark's house either. Finland could see he was strong and didn't like being treated like lower-class which was situation when living under other nations. He wasn't used to it like Finland had been forced to and obviously Norway almost longed for the times of Kalmar Union or the days as a Viking since back then he had been equal to Sweden and Denmark. One more point to add his discomfort to the change was the fact that he couldn't take Iceland with him.
The young nation had grown a lot since the days of Union and the sight made Finland smile faintly. He was slightly proud of the boy who had reached the appearance of a thirteen-year-old, the same than Finland was when he had last seen him properly. His hair was still silvery white and eyes bright violet of a color bit deeper than Finland's own ones. It also seemed that the boy had adopted the same expressionless face than Norway had.
But there was something that interested Finland more than all this. It was the rumors surrounding the Germanic nations. During his short time in Russia's house this far he had heard that the Emperor of Holy Roman Empire had resigned and with a signature on a paper the Germanic nations weren't tied together anymore. That was just a formality anymore though considering that the personification had disappeared so long time ago. Instead now was German Confederation that had helped to defeat France. Ironically it was Napoleon who had given his blessing to the Confederation.
Finland sat on his seat, dozing off. There was nothing he could really do. Of course there was the letter to Italy but for some reason the Nordic nation felt like it wouldn't be a good idea to give it to him quite now. For one is would be inconsiderate at the moment and two Russia probably wouldn't look at it with a good eye.
During the year three main topics rose higher than the others. They were actually more like principals. The first one was legalization principal which meant that the old royal families got their positions back. After Napoleon and nepotism(he put his relatives on the thrones of European kingdoms) this was needed and important. Finland found it funny that Sweden had asked for a new king a while back. Napoleon had sent some Bernadotte and according to what Finland picked up, the new king wasn't leaving as he had severed all his ties to France when Sweden joined to the alliance against Napoleon.
The second one concerned the balance among the nations. According to it all the nations should be equally powerful. Finland scoffed at this in his mind. Hello, he was sitting right here and had been recently thrown across the Baltic Sea like a sack of potatoes! He didn't mind being out of Sweden's house after all it had been his goal. But the idea still existed. While the nations in the conference room talked about equality, they completely ignored the smaller nations who weren't seen as real nations, just as parts of Empires. And that pissed Finland off. But he didn't say anything, just looked around in mild disinterest and smiled if some happened to look at his direction.
The third principal was about safety. Some nations were concerned that France would attempt a similar stunt again so they decided to form a buffer zone around and against him. This buffer zone consisted many smaller nations such as Netherlands with Belgium's lands added, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the Kingdom of Sicily.
On the year 1815 Finland heard something that angered him more than anything else for a while: the partitioning of Poland. Prussia, Austria and Russia had formed Holy Alliance and between them Poland was divided in three parts. The personification in the other hand was decided to live at Russia's place. One reason was because Poland and Prussia weren't in very good terms and had never been. The second one was that Austria didn't want Poland with his eccentric personality and pony enthusiasm to his house. Especially because Poland always had at least one pony that lived indoors. Third reason was that… well, Russia.
"Of course he can stay with me. And I'm sure the Baltics and Finland like some more company. Da?" He had said.
"Umh… Yeah…" Finland had mumbled, though not very enthusiastically. Poland plopped on the seat next to him.
"This is, like, totally uncool. It's… like, who do they think they are?" The green-eyed blonde huffed in irritation.
"I have no idea… But now you know what I've gone through since my existence." Finland gave him a weary smile which the middle-European returned with a hint of sarcasm.
"It must suck to be you then."
"I'm used to it. And this far Russia has treated me well. But we shall see what will happen on the upcoming years." The Northern country shrugged.
"Neh, like, good luck."
"You forget that you are in the same boat than I now."
"Dammit, I'm totally going to use Poland rule and make Warsaw his capital." Poland threw his arms in the air in expiration and leaned as far back in his uncomfortable chair as possible.
"Heh, good luck with that."
"Like, don't steal my words!"
"I don't steal them; merely use them in better context. But I think in this situation you should think the positive side of this situation. You get to see Lithuania. It has been a while since you last saw, right?"
"That's right. We haven't seen, like, in forever. I'm totally going to tell him so much about everything great I've done before all this uncool stuff."
"Sounds great." Finland smiled but this time his smile didn't quite reach his eyes.
"Great to see you two getting along. Can't wait to get home together, da?" A voice said directly behind them. The two fair-haired nations jumped by the suddenness of the voice and of course also the person whom the voice belonged to.
"Su-Sure Russia." Finland managed to stutter while Poland shivered behind him. Russia just smiled to them and walked away. The two watched after him before exchanging a glance. What an Earth would this century become?
A/N: Done! Now review. Otherwise I'll tell Germany that you are in need of training. He surely will make sure that you won't slack off. I can already hear a whistle.
And in the case you didn't read the A/N on the top of this chapter I put a part of it here too.
I hope you lie this one. And I hope you also review. Otherwise I'll starve, they are my nutrition you see. And even if I don't respond to the reviews, I still read them and appreciate them. Sometimes I just don't know what to say. And because I'm Finn I rather shut up than say something without sensible meaning.
