The Profile of the Foreign Service Office:

 
I.                 Your Office Desk name:
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                            (H.E Ambassador
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II.                Your Assigned foreign Nation-State:
_______________________ESTONIA_____________________________
 
III.              The Philippine Flag:
  
4. Local Government Administration:
         a. Capital Cities
         b. Metropolitan Cities
 Tallinn, Estonia
 Tartu, Estonia
 Narva, Estonia
 Kohtla-jarve, Estonia
 Parnu, Estonia
 Viljandi, Estonia
 Rakvere, Estonia
 Sillamae, Estonia
 Maardu, Estonia
 Kuressaare, Estonia
 Voru, Estonia
 Valga, Estonia
 Haapsalu, Estonia
 Johvi, Estonia
 Paide, Estonia

         c. Cities
Abja-Paluoja
Anstla
Elva
Haapsalu
Jogeva
Johvi
Kallaste
Kardla
Karksi-Nuia
Kehra
Keila
Kilingi-Nomme
Kivioli
Kohtla- Jarve
Kunda
Kuressaare
Lihula
Loksa
Maardu
Moisakula
Mustvee
Narva
Narva-Joesuu
Otepaa
Paide
Paldiski
Parnu
Poltsamaa
Polva
Pussi
Rakvere
Rapina
Saue
Sillamae
Sindi
Suure-Jaani
Tallin
Tamsalu
Tapa
Tartu
Torva
Turi
Valga
Viljandi
Vohma
Voru

         d. Municipalities

Alutaguse

Anija

Antsla

Elva

Häädemeeste

Haapsalu

Haljala
Harku

Hiiumaa

Järva

Jõelähtme

Jõgeva

Jõhvi

Kadrina

Kambja

Kanepi

Kastre

Kehtna

Keila

Kihnu

Kiili

Kohila
Kohtla-Järve

Kose

Kuusalu

Lääne-Harju

Lääne-Nigula

Lääneranna

Loksa

Lüganuse

Luunja

Maardu

Märjamaa

Muhu

Mulgi

Mustvee

Narva
Narva-Jõesuu

Nõo

Otepää

Paide

Pärnu

Peipsiääre

Põhja-
Pärnumaa

Põhja-Sakala

Põltsamaa

Põlva

Raasiku

Rae

Rakvere (parish)

Rakvere (town)

Räpina
Rapla

Rõuge

Ruhnu

Saarde

Saaremaa

Saku

Saue

Setomaa

Sillamäe

Tallinn

Tapa

Tartu (parish)

Tartu (city)

Toila

Tori
 Tõrva

Türi

Väike-Maarja

Valga

Viimsi

Viljandi (parish)

Viljandi (town)

Vinni

Viru-Nigula

Vormsi

Võru (parish)

Võru (town)

         e. Member Federated states, provinces or prefectures

5. Applied Demography
 
a. Population
The current population of Estonia is 1,328,578 as of Wednesday, October 19, 2022, based on
Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.
Estonia 2020 population is estimated at 1,326,535 people at mid year according to UN data.

Estonia population is equivalent to 0.02% of the total world population.

Estonia ranks number 155 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.

The population density in Estonia is 31 per Km2 (81 people per mi2).

The total land area is 42,390 Km2 (16,367 sq. miles)

67.9 % of the population is urban (900,365 people in 2020)

The median age in Estonia is 42.4 years.

b. Population Structures: Gender (Male/Female), Ages, Religion,

Birth and Death Rates, Social Status (Single, Married & Divorce),
Education, Professions and Migrations
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Estonia’s national curriculum for basic education includes eight compulsory subjects: language
and literature, foreign languages, mathematics, natural science, social studies, art and music,
technology, and physical education. The national curriculum for basic education sets required
instructional time for each compulsory subject as well as for elective subjects, which amount to
about 5-10 percent of total instructional time, depending on grade level. 
c.      Discussion of Data according to the Branches of Demography:
V.               The Business Intelligence Report of the Foreign Service
Officers (FS0)
 
1.) The Official Name: (Eesti Vabariik )
2.) The National Anthem/Hymn:
lyrics by Johann Voldemar Jannsen
melody by Fredrik (Friedrich) Pacius
Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm,
kui kaunis oled sa!
Ei leia mina iial teal
see suure, laia ilma peal,
mis mul nii armas oleks ka,
kui sa, mu isamaa!
Sa oled mind ju sünnitand
ja üles kasvatand;
sind tänan mina alati
ja jään sull' truuiks surmani,
mul kõige armsam oled sa,
mu kallis isamaa!

Su üle Jumal valvaku,

mu armas isamaa!
Ta olgu sinu kaitseja
ja võtku rohkest õnnista,
mis iial ette võtad sa,
mu kallis isamaa!

C.) Discussion of the National Territory and Region-Realms of your

Assigned nation-state according to the Branches of Geography:
a. Physical Geography
Climatology
Estonia belongs to the mixed forest sub-region of the Atlantic continental
region of the temperate zone and lies in the transition zone between maritime
and continental climates. Summers are moderately warm (the mean
temperature in July is 16 - 17°C) and winters are moderately cold (the mean
temperature in February is between -2.5 and -7°C). The highest daily
temperature ever recorded is 35.6°C and the lowest -43.5°C. Mean annual
precipitation is 550-700 mm, ranging from 520 mm on some islands to almost
750 mm in the upland. Seasonal variation in precipitation is similar
throughout the country, the driest months being February and March.
Precipitation gradually increases until July and August, after which it
decreases towards winter and spring.
Estonia: Average monthly temperatures and weather, sunny and cloudy days.
Annual rainfall and snowfall in Estonia 2015 - 2022
 
Soil Geography

As the majority of Estonian territory is plain and soil texture is loamy, water and wind erosion do
not present a natural hazard. Changes in land use have resulted in the decline of erosion even on the
end morainic hills of South-Eastern Estonia. Acidification has occurred in some sandy Podzols;
alkalinization and contamination with heavy metals is relatively high in the region of oil-shale and power
industry in North-Eastern Estonia. Chemicals applied in agriculture do not act as pollutants for soils but
represent a risk for water. Increase in urban land conversion is characteristic of Northern Estonia but is
revealed also in other localities. Some local industrial enterprises and former Soviet military objects play
an important role in soil contamination and pollution. Changes in economic situation in Estonia have
positively influenced soil status and contemporary soil processes.

OCEANOGRAPHY

Estonia’s inland waters include 1,400 lakes and many shallow rivers. The largest lakes are
Lake Peipsi in eastern Estonia on the Russian border and Lake Võrtsjärv in south-central Estonia.
Estonia’s two major rivers are the Emajõgi, running east-west from Lake Võrtsjärv to Lake Peipsi,
and the Narva, that connects Lake Peipsi to the Gulf of Finland.

BIOGEOGRAPHY

The lichen flora of the islets consisted of 326 taxa, the number of lichen species per
islet varied from 2 to 197. Total number of species per islet and within the substrate groups
was positively correlated with islet area and with number of biotopes, and negatively
correlated with distance from the mainland; however, these relationships varied among
the substrate groups. Although individual lichen species showed variation in responses,
general trends in island biogeography were evident.

POPULATION GEOGRAPHY

Estonia has a large percentage of foreign-born residents and their

children. Only about two-thirds of the population are ethnic Estonians.
Russians are the most significant minority, comprising about one-fourth of the
citizenry.

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHY
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
Estonia is a parliamentary democracy, with a 101-member parliament (the Riigikogu) and a
president who is elected indirectly by parliament or, if no candidate wins a two-thirds majority in
parliament, by an electoral college composed of members of parliament and of local
government representatives. Estonia holds presidential elections every five years. The last
presidential election was in 2006. The President serves a maximum of two terms. The President
is also the Supreme Commander of the National Defense of Estonia.

NATIONAL HEROES
Juri Rummu

Martin Klein

Paul Keres

Ants Kaljurand

August Sabbe

NATIONAL HISTORY TIMELINE

1918 - Independence proclaimed.

1920- Peace treaty with Russia signed.
1934 - Prime Minister Konstantin Pats leads bloodless coup and establishes
authoritarian rule.
1938 - Pats becomes president under new constitution.
1939 - The Soviet Union compels Estonia to accept Soviet military bases.
1940 June - Soviet troops march in.
1940 August - Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union.
1941 - German troops invade.
1944 - Estonia reannexed by the Soviet Union. Tens of thousands of Estonians deported
to Siberia and Central Asia.
1988 - Popular Front campaigns for democracy. "Singing revolution" brings a third of the
population together in a bid for national unity and self-determination.
Independence
1991 - Communist rule collapses. Soviet government recognizes the independence of
the Baltic republics.
1992 - Lennart Meri becomes president.
1994 - Russian troops leave. Estonia joins Partnership for Peace, allowing limited
military cooperation with Nato.
1996 - President Meri re-elected.
1997 - Estonia invited to begin European Union membership negotiations.
1999 - New centre-right government under Prime Minister Mart Laar, who led a previous
government in 1992.
2000 - Estonia and Russia expel diplomats in tit-for-tat moves over spying claims.
2001 October - Former member of the Central Committee of the Soviet-era Communist
Party Arnold Ruutel sworn in as president.
2001 December - President Ruutel signs into law a bill scrapping the requirement for
candidates for public office to be proficient in the Estonian language.
2002 January - Mart Laar resigns as prime minister after squabbling within ruling
coalition.
Siim Kallas becomes prime minister in a new coalition government in which his Reform
Party shares power with Centre Party.
2002 November - Nato summit in Prague includes Estonia on list of countries formally
invited to join the alliance.
2003 September - Estonians vote overwhelmingly to join the European Union in a
referendum.
2004 May - Estonia is one of 10 new states to join the EU.
2005 March - President Ruutel declines invitation to attend Moscow celebrations in May
marking the anniversary of the end of World War II.
Prime Minister Parts submits government's resignation after vote of no confidence in
Justice Minister Ken-Marti Vaher over tough anticorruption programme.
2005 April - Reform Party's Andrus Ansip confirmed as prime minister.
2005 May - Estonia and Russia sign treaty delineating border.
2006 May - Parliament ratifies EU constitution.
2007 February - Parliament passes a law prohibiting the display of monuments glorifying
Soviet rule, paving the way for the relocation of a controversial Red Army war memorial
in Tallinn.
2009 January - Estonian court acquits four ethnic Russians accused of leading riots
sparked by government's response to relocate a Soviet-era war memorial in Tallinn.
2011 January - Estonia adopts the euro.
2011 February - Parliamentary elections. The Reform Party and its coalition partner IRL
retain their majority in parliament with 56 out of 101 seats.
2011 August - Toomas Hendrik Ilves is re-elected president for a second five-year term.
2012 October - Estonia and Russia re-start talks on a border treaty, seven years after
Russia withdrew from an agreement signed in 2005, in response to a dispute over
treatment of the Soviet past.
2014 February - Estonia and Russia sign a new treaty ending their border dispute.
Furth
2014 September - Amid tension with the European Union and Nato over Russian
intervention in Ukraine, Estonia accuses Moscow of abducting border guard Eston
Kohver. Russia says he was on the Russian side of the border and accuses him of
spying.
2015 March - Prime Minister Taavi Roivas's Reform Party emerges as winner in
parliamentary election, following campaign dominated by fears over defence due to
Russia's role in the Ukrainian crisis.
NATO reinforces its presence in the Baltic states and its forces conduct major military
drills in the region.
2015 September - Russia returns detained border guard Eston Kohver in return for
Aleksei Dressen, who was imprisoned in Estonia in 2012 on charges of spying for
Moscow.
2017 March - The first of about 800 British troops arrive in Estonia as part of a major
Nato mission in the Baltic states to deter what the alliance regards as Russian
aggression.
2019 March - The opposition centre-right Reform Party wins the parliamentary election,
beating the governing Centre party into second place, but the Centre Party forms a
coalition with the controversial eurosceptic and anti-immigrant EKRE party.
2021 January - Kaja Kallas became Estonia's first woman prime minister after her
Reform Party forms a coalition with the Centre Party.

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