Over 65% of Finns are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Their whole education system was created to support the Lutheran faith, since a person had to be literate to read the Holy Bible. Their generous social system is also an indication of the effect of the national church on legislation. That the Scandavian model is unique is due not only to the fact that they look alike and write good laws. Culture is in the mix that can't be duplicated, like having a national church.

Finland also have a higher proportion of billionaires to every million people (1.272) than the UK (0.715).