Back in the day, Switzerland was one of Europe’s main sources of armies-for-hire. We see the echoes of that today in the Swiss Guard in Vatican City, for instance.
They did not stay out of war by not being armed, rather the opposite. A mountainous country with a large army would be very difficult to invade in the first place and then very costly to control.
The Swiss have managed to stay out of wars for a very long time and are famously neutral.
Back in the day, Switzerland was one of Europe’s main sources of armies-for-hire. We see the echoes of that today in the Swiss Guard in Vatican City, for instance.
@zxqwas @Patnou what’s swiss knife then ??
They did not stay out of war by not being armed, rather the opposite. A mountainous country with a large army would be very difficult to invade in the first place and then very costly to control.
Survival tool. :)