I must have missed this post, sorry.
Anyway...
They have four variants of SWISS culture.
They don't have Germans, They have Swiss speaking German.
They don't have french, they have SWISS speaking french.
I actually applaud them for this. They are centered in Europe, yet this very proud nation have been able to build up a national culture strong enough to keep all other powers at bay.
Heck, look at the countries surrounding them, it's not like they budged in to any of the perceived super powers at the time. Sure there are Swiss people speaking German, but Hitler walked his way around.
It was only under Napoleon that Switzerland lost some legibility, Helvetic Republic and all that. But hey, as soon as the world got rid of him they sprung right back.
They are by and large mountain folks. Germanic mountain folks. You could use that to shape a diamond when it comes to core strength, kind of like Scotland.
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