There are 10 in Finland, and decades of coalition governments - usually a tripartite left, right and centre, with a couple of minor parties such as the Christies or the Swedish speakers thrown in as tokens. It works well as a system to avoid ideological bulldozing and devolves into a kind of lazy common sense type of governing. Finnish politicians get no more respect than the average board of the average large corporation from most Finns. Someone from the arts or sport is more likely to be truly respected.

However the institution of government itself is highly respected, just not its members.

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