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> Due to geography Swiss city states were able to maintain their independence and resist incorporation into larger principalities and subsequent empires Swiss

> Due to geography Swiss city states were able to maintain their independence and resist incorporation into larger principalities and subsequent empires Swiss territory has been part of, variously, the Roman Empire, various Germanic kingdoms, the Carolingian Empire, the HRE and Napoleonic France. Swiss independence was really only enshrined at the Congress of Vienna, I believe at the courtesy of Metternich. Of Austria-Hungary. > Swiss militia that defended this was the basis for the American 2nd ammendment Source? > the Swiss greater class homogeneity Yes, Switzerland was universally poor and started becoming wealthy with less inequality than other nations in the 1920s. (Note that in the 1910s like 15% of Switzerland was foreign born.) The homogeneity pitch just doesn’t work for Switzerland.

throwaway85825 5mo ago
>source Arguably common knowledge but if you must. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1182&context=sahs_review&ref=stanfordreview.org https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=...
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
  Thank you. If the source is correct, and I have no reason to doubt it, the Founders were operating on bad information. Napoleon wasn't the "first successful foreign invasion" of the Confederation, unless we're being cute about how the HRE was organised.
  - throwaway85825 5mo ago
    As the joke goes the HRE was none of the 3. As for a source on the history of the confederation: https://youtu.be/OpA_ET9bYGY https://youtu.be/OpA_ET9bYGY
    - JumpCrisscross 5mo ago
      …why is a lawyer my old firm used a Swiss historian!
      - throwaway85825 5mo ago
        Which one is the lawyer?