Switzerland

Capital:

Berne

Government Type:

Democratic, Conservative

Faction:

Neutral

Historical Background[edit]

Switzerland is a minor country in Europe. It shares borders with 3 of the game's 7 major powers: France on the west, Italy to the south, Germany to the north, and Austria to the east. Switzerland aggressively maintained its neutrality in the Great War and, later, World War II.

National Spirit[edit]

Neutral Foreign Policy

Join faction tension limit: +100%
Send volunteers tension limit +20%
Guarantee tension limit +100%

Neutrality is sometimes viewed as a craven stance, but this nation trusts that when the dust settles, those who don't take sides may be better off than those who did.

Diplomacy[edit]

As a Democratic country, Switzerland has slightly positive relations with the same ideology (+10), and more strongly positive relations with countries that share the same ruling party (+20). Switzerland has a slightly negative relationship with all Communist, Fascist, and Non-Aligned countries (-10).

Switzerland does not have claims or cores on foreign soil.

National Focus[edit]

As of version 1.5, Switzerland has the same Focus Tree as all other minor countries.

Politics[edit]

Switzerland starts in 1936 as a democracy with elections every four years; the next falls on October 1939. The Federal Council is in power.

Switzerland has the following political parties:

Political Party	Ideology	Popularity	Party Leader	Country Name	Is Ruling?
Federal Council	Democratic	96%	Federal Council	Switzerland	Yes
Kommunistische Partei der Schweiz (KPS)	Communist	2%	Fritz Platten	United Cantons	no
Fronten Bewegung (FB)	Fascist	2%	Dr. Max Leo Keller	Swiss Imperial Confederation	no
Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei (FDP)	Non-Aligned	0%	Ernest Béuin	Switzerland	no

Economy[edit]

Switzerland begins the 1936 campaign with limited industrial capacity, and lacks access to most resources except aluminum.

Industry[edit]

Factories 1936
4 Military Factory	0 Naval Dockyards	7 Civilian Factories

Conscription Law	Economy Law	Trade Law
Limited Conscription 2.5% Recruitable population	Civilian Economy 35% Consumer Goods factories –30% Factory construction speed +30% Factory (type) conversion cost -40% Fuel Gain per Oil -25% Fuel Capacity	Export Focus 50% Resources to market +5% Research speed +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed

Resources[edit]

Total resources 1936
Oil	Aluminium	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium
0	53	0	0	0	0

These numbers represent the available resources, depending on trade law a certain amount may be traded away.

Technology[edit]

Switzerland begins with three research slots available to the player.

Latest Technologies Researched 1936
Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry	Doctrines
Infantry Equipment I: Karabiner K31 Mountain Infantry I Engineer Company I Recon Company I	None Researched	Interwar Fighter Close Air Support I	None Researched	None Researched

Military[edit]

Switzerland possesses a modest military for its size and resources, which consists of 20 land divisions, 12 close air support planes, and 36 interwar fighter planes.

Unlike many other Democratic countries, Switzerland begins with Limited Conscription in place. However, given the country's size, Limited Conscription only provides a mere 399 of free manpower.