It isn't quite the same adrenaline rush as when Finnish "monster metal" band Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest by a landslide way back in '06. But still, there's a reason to rock 'n' roll: Finland has been declared the world’s most prosperous nation.
The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI), published by London-based thinktank Legatum, puts Finland in first place overall; the previous year it came in third. In addition, the Economist magazine's Economist Intelligence Unit places Helsinki at number six on its 2010 Liveability Index of the world's most liveable cities. It's one of only two European cities in the top ten, which is dominated by Canada (Vancouver took the gold) and Australia.
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Updated 2/26/2010
