@BigTittyBimbo In Finland's case specifically, conscription gives you two choices for service... Either military or civil.
Civil service trains and prepares one to work in service jobs that are critical to society, such as schools, nursing homes, kindergartens, libraries, etc during war time.
While it is... Noble in a way, some refuse to participate in civil service as well, because that too is dictated to you by the state.
And if they refuse, it's varying amounts of jail time.