The rest was the unifying ties with provinces in 
south have. Large forest surrounding the watershed in Suomenselkä 
southeast constituted a natural border, and Ostrobothnia 
dropped more often than it was implied in the then - 
Finland concept. When the Russian occupying power in 
1716 issued a proclamation addressed to all who 
lived in the "Principality of Finland, and Austria båtenska 
Provinciën ", something that should not be taken as evidence that 
the temporary rulers were poorly informed about 
conditions. It is rather the opposite applies. Man 
traveled "between Finland and Ostrobothnia" or moved 
from Ostrobothnia "to Finland or Sweden." The "East 
Sweden "consisted of" Finland with Ostrobothnia ". The 
upsaliensiske scientists Olof Rudbeck mud source is 
Vasa in 1695 and for Ostrobothnian capital city of Turku 
Finland.