BY: NH AND AA

SWITZERLAND BECAME A STRONG MILITARY POWER DURING THE 1400'S.

THE OFFICIAL NAME IS THE SWISS CONFEDERATION.

SWITZERLAND IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST DEMOCRACIES.

THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IS PRESIDENT JOHANN SCHNEIDER-AMMANN.

HE IS ALSO THE HEAD OF STATE.

THE SWISS LANGUAGES ARE GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN, AND ROMANSCH.

THE SWISS ENJOY SOCIALIZING WITHIN SPORTS, RELIGIOUS, OR CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS.

SPENDING TIME AT HOME IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MOST ADULTS.

THEY AVOID CHEWING GUM OR ATTENDING TO MATTERS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE IN PUBLIC.

IT IS POLITE TO HOLD DOORS FOR PEOPLE.

THEY ENJOY VARIOUS MEATS, CHEESES, WINES, FISH, AND LEEK SOUP.

PHOTOGRAPH AND GRAPHIC ARTS ARE VERY POPULAR.

SWISS FOLK MUSIC IS FAMOUS FOR ITS YODELING AND ALPHORN BLOWING.

THE ADULT LITERACY RATE IS 99%.

CHRISTMAS IS THE SWISS' LARGEST CELEBRATION.

TWO OTHER MAJOR HOLIDAYS IS THREE KINGS DAY AND NATIONAL DAY.

SWITZERLAND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY.

THE CAPITAL OF SWITZERLAND IS BERN.

MORE MAJOR SWISS CITIES IS ZURICH, GENEVA, BASEL, AND LAUSANNE.

THE CURRENCY IN SWITZERLAND IS THE SWISS FRANC.

THEIR GDP PER CAPITA IS $55,200 AND THEIR GDP IN BILLIONS IS $444.7.

TOURISM AND INDUSTRY ARE THE TWO MAIN WAYS TO EARN MONEY.

SWITZERLAND IS FAMOUS FOR ITS WATCHES, CHOCOLATES, AND CHEESES.

MEADOWS AND PASTURES MAKE UP 75% OF SWISS FARMLAND.

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