Charle_88 said:
Not to mention that it was a colony with lots of natural resources, would be a very nice little gem in the crown of a German empire with colonial ambitions.
As nice a thought as it is, I seriously doubt that the Germans would ever have given away Congo if they managed to take it, and certainly not to Finland (no offense). It's also doubtful a newly-formed Finland (which historically had a civil war during this period) would be able to administer a colony in Africa.
The civil war had ended before WW1 had ended to begin with. I don't think it would be a major (perhaps some difficulties early on) problem for Finland (less than 3 million people after the war I think) to administrate it. Considering both Portugal and Britain (well actually nearly all colonial powers had) also had such a huge size and population difference to it's own colonial empire, and they did manage to keep it for quite a long time, sometimes without trouble. And I imagine if Germany would be willing to give Congo to Finland, aiding Finland in the beginning with administration of Congo would also be possible. It's also propable that most belgians would be staying in Congo, former Belgian administrators and officials would be possible for Finland to hire and then gradually they could colonize it themselves. It's not like Finland was disorganized or in turmoil after WW1, it was relatively stable and well-run compared to the rest of Europe, it had been autonomous with an own government (and even a small army) for decades by the time it declared full independence 1917.
I suggest you could just create an event for Germany to chose to hand Congo over to Finland because they deemed Finland as capable from the game start and on to control it's own colony. You could give Germany a VP boost and possibly a dissent drop to reflect prestige gained by Germany (for keeping it's word) if they decide to hand it over, and a loss of them if refusing. Giving it away could also give Mittelafrika an option to revolt (or merely protest) against Germany or something. Could as well give Germany a small manpower boost and alliance with Finland if handing it over, if not the Finnish AI could be made strictly neutral, in Switzerland or Sweden's style and hurt relations with it a bit.
This would at least give Finnish players, perhaps other players as well quite a bit of extra entertainment. Since the game is after all supposed to be entertainment, thus if there are even a small chance of something happening it should be reflected in the game.