Success Stories

Montenegro is the world’s newest independent country. Located in south-eastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia, Montenegro has a population of just over 630,000.

With just over 5 million people, Finland has roughly the same population as Scotland. It is Europe's largest archipelago and home to Nokia.

Australia achieved its independence over a century ago when the country moved from self-governing colony in 1901 to fully sovereign nation state by the 1930s.

Estonia has a population of around one and a half million people and is situated on the Baltic Sea, south of Finland. Estonians understand that independence is necessary for their nation to flourish freely.

New Zealand is an island nation in the south-west Pacific, with a population of 4 million. It is also known as Aotearoa, which in Maori means The Land of the Long White Cloud.

2005 marked 100 years of Norwegian Independence. Norway declared Independence after its union with Sweden was peacefully dissolved in 1905. With a population of only 4.5 million people,
Norway and Scotland are similarly sized nations.

Iceland is a volcanic island in the North Atlantic Ocean and the most western country in Europe. It was settled by immigrants from Scandinavia, Ireland and Scotland in the 9th and 10th centuries. Today, Iceland has a population of around 300,000, of whom more than half live in the capital city of Reykjavik and surrounding area.

Ireland, with a population of over 4 million, gained its independence from the UK in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Since then Ireland has transformed herself into one of the great success stories of modern Europe.