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Capital: bern
Country name
: conventional long form: swiss confederation conventional short form: switzerland local long form: schweizerische eidgenossenschaft (german). confederation suisse (french). confederazione svizzera (italian) local short form: schweiz (german). suisse (french). svizzera (italian)
National holiday: founding of the swiss confederation. 1 august (1291)
Government type
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formally a confederation. but similar in structure to a federal republic
Administrative divisions: 26 cantons (cantons. singular - canton in french; cantoni. singular - cantone in italian; kantone. singular - kanton in german); aargau. appenzell ausser-rhoden. appenzell inner-rhoden. basel-landschaft. basel-stadt. bern. fribourg. geneve. glarus. graubunden. jura. luzern. neuchatel. nidwalden. obwalden. sankt gallen. schaffhausen. schwyz. solothurn. thurgau. ticino. uri. valais. vaud. zug. zurich |
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Independence:
1 august 1291 (founding of the swiss confederation)
Political parties and leaders: green party (grune partei der schweiz or grune. parti ecologiste suisse or les verts. partito ecologista svizzero or i verdi. partida ecologica svizra or la verda) [ruth genner]; christian democratic people's party (christichdemokratische volkspartei der schweiz or cvp. parti democrate-chretien suisse or pdc. partito democratico-cristiano popolare svizzero or pdc. partida cristiandemocratica dalla svizra or pcd) [doris leuthard. president]; radical free democratic party (freisinnig-demokratische partei der schweiz or fdp. parti radical-democratique suisse or prd. partitio liberal-radicale svizzero or plr) [marianne kleiner-schlaepfer. president]; social democratic party (sozialdemokratische partei der schweiz or sps. parti socialist suisse or pss. partito socialista svizzero or pss. partida socialdemocratica de la svizra or pss) [hans-juerg fehr. president]; swiss people's party (schweizerische volkspartei or svp. union democratique du centre or udc. unione democratica de centro or udc. uniun democratica dal center or udc) [ueli maurer. president]; and other minor parties
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
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International organization participation
: acct. afdb. asdb. australia group. bis. ce. cern. eapc. ebrd. efta. esa. fao. g-10. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. iea. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. laia (observer). miga. monuc. nam (guest). nea. nsg. oas (observer). oecd. opcw. osce. paris club. pca. pfp. un. unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unitar. unmee. unmis. unomig. untso. upu. wcl. wco. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto. zc
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