Located on the shores of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn is the capital of a nation that spent 51 years as part of the Soviet empire.  It gained independence in 1991 and saw the last Russian troops depart in 1994.  Yet by 2006, Estonia was a member of the European Union, had an economy growing at double-digit rates and was ranked in 25th position for international competitiveness by the World Economic Forum.  In addition to being Estonia's capital, Tallinn represents 70% of its economy (though only 30% of its population of 1.4 million).  As the economic and political center of the nation, Tallinn took an unprecedented gamble on ICT as a pathway to the broadband economy.