Probably started as a troll and picked up by dumbasses. Like the Flat Earth Society.
That Finland does not exist. It started on reddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/finlandConspiracy/comments/52f5ae/the_finland_conspiracy_and_all_you_need_to_know/
I once won the Rory Award for The Most Gratuitous Use of that word in a Serious Screenplay, you know… Then someone stole it, of course…
But then where do the waffles come from? And the chocolates? And diamonds?
This kinda makes me feel old.
The version I heard I thought it was New Zealand… 😝