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Switzerland is a Democratic nation located in Western Europe. The nation prioritizes Neutrality, economic growth, and promoting peace between nations. The government as a whole is Centrist in views.

The Swiss government focuses on five ideals promoted by the Swiss Constitution:

1. The Swiss nation remaining neutral in world affairs
2. Promoting economic endeavors in foreign nations
3. Encouraging peace between foreign powers
4. Providing welfare and aid to other nations
5. Conserving the world's national resources

The Executive branch of the government is lead by a seven-member council known as the Swiss Federal Council. Each member is in charge of a separate department in the government and the President and Vice President of the nation are selected in a rotating cycle. The Legislative branch consists of a two-chamber legislature. The lower chamber is the National Council, which consists of 200 seats divided among the various cantons based on population. The upper-chamber, the Council of States, consists of 46 seats, with about 2 seats per canton. The Swiss Judicial Branch is lead by the Swiss Supreme Court.

The motto of Switzerland "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno" or "All for one, one for all" Switzerland's government is unique in the fact that the people have an extremely large say in the formation of laws. Any citizen can challenge the legality of any law and any citizen can propose an amendment to the constitution. Switzerland also boasts some of the highest regarded social and political freedoms for its people.

The Swiss Federal government is widely considered one of the world's most stable government. This is due to the Swiss government's quadrennial national elections and presence of multiple political parties. The Federal Council consists of four separate political parties, the Liberal Party, the Swiss People's Party, the Social Democrats, and the Christian Democrats, with more parties represented within the Legislative branch. These parties and their representation has remained fairly consistent over the years, however there has been a recent increase in support for the Christian Democrats in the past months.

### **In-game Diplomacy**

#### **Global Friendly**

Overall, the Swiss government strives to stay on neutral or positive terms with all nations.

### **Economy**

#### **Energy**

The Swiss government has made it a priority to pursue the use of alternative energy. The use of nuclear energy has been all but completely phased out the use of nuclear facilities. Switzerland primarily uses hydro-electricity as a means of energy use. The nation has shown interest in conducting research into the creation and advancement of renewable energy sources, such as solar energy. However, there has not been any significant progress made in this endeavor currently.

### **Internal Policies, Developments, Roleplay**

The Swiss people in a vote conducted in January 2019 voted to formally exit the United Nations. While there has been no intent of hostility between Switzerland and the UN, the Swiss people deemed the UN overall as failing to live up to the people's expectations. Switzerland has continued to provide the same services it used to as a member of the UN as an independent, neutral nation.

The Swiss government recently began collaboration with the United Kingdom on a civilian project directed at created more affordable and efficient clean energy. The two nations are both eager in this advancement as they both wish to advocate for all nations to turn to cleaner energy alternatives than nuclear energy, and believe this project has the potential to make clean energy a viable alternative to nuclear energy. The first phases of the collaborative project are due to begin in the beginning of 2019.

### **Armed Forces**

Switzerland is known for having a policy compulsory military service, although Switzerland has not been involved in any wars in decades. While Switzerland is not involved in any conflicts, the government considers the maintenance and modernization of the military of utmost importance for the purposes of homeland security. While military service is compulsory, civilians have numerous options as to how they wish to carry out their service, and those who are disabled are not subject to this service requirement.The Swiss military has also been notable in its contributions to the UN Peacekeepers present in some third-world nations.

The Swiss Armed Forces consists of 120,000 personnel in active duty, and 80,000 in reserves,for a total of 200,000 personnel.

#### Armored Personnel Carriers

* Spz 63/891
* Spz 63/731

#### Light Vehicles and Logistics

* Eagle IV/V
* SPz 931

### **Aircraft**

#### Helicopters

* Super Puma
* Cougar
* EC635

#### Multirole

* FA-18 Hornet
* F-5

#### UAV

* RUAG Ranger
* KZD-85

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