Finland has shaped into an independent state after being ruled by its neighbouring regimes until 1917. Both Swedish and Russian rules have had significant implications to the political and cultural formation of the Finnish social contract: under the ruling powers, the local political institutions, language and culture have developed into those of a Nordic welfare state, relying on parliamentary democracy. The Cold War and accession to the EU and NATO have additionally forced a re-negotiation of the Finnish social contract. The CO3 project combines the implications of this history with the formation of key issues to the development of social contracts in Finland, including minorities, the myth of the Winter War, and the politics of care, for example.