Initially, the Eidgenossenschaft was not united by one single pact, but rather by a whole set of overlapping pacts and separate bilateral treaties between various members, with only minimum liabilities.
Inicialmente, a Eidgenossenschaft non estaba unida por un pacto singular, senón por conxunto completo de pactos solapados e tratados bilaterais separados entre varios membros, de esixencias mínimas.