Swiss Military Government

Flag of Switzerland

### Anthem

Rufst du, mein VaterlandÔ monts indépendantsCi chiami o patriaQuand tu m'appelles, ma patrieO montes independens!

### Population (core territory)

Around 4.5 million

Switzerland, Officially the United Cantons of Switzerland, is a small National Populist dictatorship in Central Europe. Switzerland used to be a democracy representative of all of the cantons but after the Savoie crisis the military has taken full power in the state. Switzerland as always stayed out of the Second Weltkrieg as it was more focused on stabilizing itself than fighting the French Commune who was the major threat to the Swiss Government. Switzerland for its size is one of the, if not the most, militarized society on the planet. Thus despite its isolation if it wanted to Switzerland could project a lot of influence in the wider Kalterkrieg. Switzerland was proclaimed over 700 years ago and was created to protect the smaller city states in the area. Switzerland is a national-populist nation, however this comes in the form of total isolation from the outer world instead of trying to attack other peoples. Thus Switzerland is called, "The Hermit Kingdom".

## History

In the Immediate aftermath of the First Weltkrieg the Swiss government occupied Haute-Savoie as part of a clause in the Treaty of Vienna of 1815 if Switzerland felt its independence threatened. However this would create more problems than it solved with the Commune of France livid at the republic. However the Commune was not stupid enough to attack the nation outright knowing that Switzerland on its own would be a hassle, let alone potential German intervention should they do so. So Switzerland was save for the time being and over the 1920s would continue to prepare for potential invasion and profit off of the trade coming in from Germany's economic progress. However in 1936 came the crash of the Berlin Stock Market and this sent shockwaves throughout Swiss society. No longer could Germany reliably protect them if they were dealing with a crisis of their own. Inside of the military with chaos going through the government it was decided to launch a coup and the chancellor Eugen Bircher in power fort the time being. This came just in time when the French took advantage of Germany's weakness to try and retake Haute-Savoie. However the Swiss refused French demands but Germany opted to mediate between the two, eventually while the mediation did not favor Switzerland, by giving Savoie to France, it would also guarantee Swiss independence from the French. and the French Commune accepted their limited victory despite the fact that internally Germany would not be able to follow on their threats of intervention should war break out. Switzerland breathed a small sigh of relief and began to drift towards the Reichspakt politically for protction. Switzerland would be the place where a couple hundred thousand German refugees fled during the Second Weltkrieg witch Switzerland happily accepted. However when the war began to grind to a halt the Swiss government would under go a change. Eugen Bircher was assassinated by Syndicalist agitators and his second in command Hans Brandi would take power. He would immediately close the borders and would turn Switzerland into an isolationist hell-hole. However the people still supported the Reichspakt and Brandi's position is unstable. Should he lose too much support in the military, popular revolution is not impossible to happen soon.

## Military

The Swiss military is one of the most powerful non-great power militaries on Earth. Switzerland's military is comprised of more than 30 divisions and is powerful enogh and fortified enough to be able to take on the German military and hold out for decades at a time. This is why Switzerland has gotten the reputation for being impenetrable.