The culture and smaller details of its history are some of the harder things for me to pick up, although nature and anything else related to Finland are in my interest.

My grandfather's parents and oldest sibling were in the wave that came to the U.S before WWI, but he was born in the U.S. I dont know how there faired under the great depression, but I would guess they were pretty happy with the life they found, and our latter generations are not doing half bad either. I actually think Finns can do well wherever they are and we measure our own success. Thanks for replying, and best wishes.