we have managed to actually touch a bullet and stay neutral throughout the last century which was a quite difficult thing to achieve i mean they're so neutral that even north korea joined the un before them although you guys did host the european union we'll host anything with diplomacy hosted we'll also pay for it but we don't join here's how they played out their diplomacy game in respect to their constitution and overall global reputation switzerland's foreign policy is to traditionally avoid alliances and work for humanitarian efforts that strive for world peace and prosperity this is partially why they host more international organizations than any other country in the world most heavily concentrated in geneva nonetheless with their intense history and background there are some countries that switzerland has to admit they have quite a closer link to if at the very least culturally no one likes to make fun of germans more than the swiss but in reality these two are so heavily tied in especially with the baden-wurttenberg state that borders switzerland the area around the town of rottweil was part of the old swiss confederacy that was lost during napoleonic wars and today the town has an agreement of friendship with switzerland overall south swabian germans and german-speaking swiss generally understand and get each other way better than say a berlin or german in that regard austria has traditionally been one of their biggest rivals in things like sports and outclassing each other with things like classical music architecture and general welfare they both admire each other's systems of operation and many swiss will say that austrians probably get them way better than the germans otherwise france pretty much has the oldest diplomatic exchange when they signed the treaty of perpetual peace in NUMBER_TOKEN and the first swiss ambassador abroad was hosted in paris in NUMBER_TOKEN. today france hosts more swiss people in diaspora than any other country in the world at nearly a quarter million and they appreciate each other's shall we say bougie standards on the other hand italians mostly lombards have been rapidly moving into switzerland mostly in the tatino canton and are really taking advantage of that italian-speaking official status the vatican city to this day still hires swiss guards to stand at the palace a tradition that has been going on since NUMBER_TOKEN one of the oldest military units continuously in operation in the world they still dress in traditional renaissance uniforms and are actually trained in combat and small arms it's not just for show when it comes to their best friends though most swiss will tell you oh we're neutral we can't say we have a best friend but after you get them a little tipsy and ask them one more time they might make a freudian slip and say little lichtenstein switzerland and little lichtenstein go hand in hand they are irrefutably inseparable liechtenstein is basically switzerland's adorable little baby sibling about NUMBER_TOKEN years younger they not only share currencies and speak almost the exact same german dialect they have a customs union open borders and the same stance on armed neutrality but switzerland also agrees to protect them if anything happens represent them in any international treaty negotiations or abroad if they
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