Uudenmaan tasavalta means “Uusimaa republic”. Uusimaa is a region in southern finland.
The patch is a joke originating from the covid times, when the borders of uusimaa were closed for a while to prevent people from traveling in and out of the region.
Now I’m not certain, but during the COVID-19 pandemic the Uusimaa region was cordoned off from the rest of Finland with police and military checkpoints at the border of the province/county/region/whatever you call “maakunta” in English, in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus as it was by far the most prevalent in the Uusimaa region.
From this decision, a lot of jokes were made about Uusimaa declaring independence and not letting anyone in and so on, you probably get the idea. Purely because how surreal it was.
Now, as I said, I’m not sure but this patch could have been made as a part of that joke from that time. Or it could have been made by a helsinkian who thinks Finland is only inside ring 3, and everything else is “foreign” (another joke, this time taken too seriously).
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Seems to already be explained what it is by another commenter, but yeah worth noting that it’s seemingly referencing the Californian flag
Joke of uusimaa got insulated from Finland at coronapandemic
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Uudenmaan tasavalta means “Uusimaa republic”. Uusimaa is a region in southern finland.
The patch is a joke originating from the covid times, when the borders of uusimaa were closed for a while to prevent people from traveling in and out of the region.
Now I’m not certain, but during the COVID-19 pandemic the Uusimaa region was cordoned off from the rest of Finland with police and military checkpoints at the border of the province/county/region/whatever you call “maakunta” in English, in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus as it was by far the most prevalent in the Uusimaa region.
From this decision, a lot of jokes were made about Uusimaa declaring independence and not letting anyone in and so on, you probably get the idea. Purely because how surreal it was.
Now, as I said, I’m not sure but this patch could have been made as a part of that joke from that time. Or it could have been made by a helsinkian who thinks Finland is only inside ring 3, and everything else is “foreign” (another joke, this time taken too seriously).
California enters the chat
Seems to already be explained what it is by another commenter, but yeah worth noting that it’s seemingly referencing the Californian flag
Joke of uusimaa got insulated from Finland at coronapandemic
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