Wednesday, February the 18th, 2009

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My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee

The flag is black and white, symbolising the whiteness of snow and the darkness of Arctic areas. 

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The Defence Minister is the most successful female boxer in Finnish history. The Foreign Minister has a photo gallery on his website which is, er, startling. The Head of State “plays songs that are usually considered bad”.

I speak of the Kingdom of Valtio. This seems to me the kind of place where Hooting Yard, rather than being an obscure internet blog, would be a daily newspaper. I note that applications for citizenship are accepted from all and sundry. I shall be applying today, and I suggest that all my readers do likewise.

Discovered via Mr Eugenides.