by admin in Europe Switzerland ( German : Schweiz [ note 3 ] [ˈʃvaɪts] ; French : Suisse [sɥis(ə)] ; Italian : Svizzera [ˈzviːtːsɛra] ; Romansh : Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ] ), officially the Swiss Confederation ( Latin : Confoederatio Helvetica , hence its abbreviation CH ), is a federal republic