Those are all very bad, but on the other hand their flag is a big plus.

Yeah, the whole "private banking" history thing the EFF seems to lionize in the article was 100% just for serving lucrative international robber barrons and other criminals. It was never about protecting regular citizens privacy.

I think someone like you, Grand Nagus, would admire the Swiss over most of that ;)

Strong means attractive. Not getting pummeled in WWII and making some profits, being complicit in some crimes (turning back Jews), and in general being on top for many decades make you look strong.

Hold up now! I'll have you know in some parts of the country women couldn't vote until the 90s! Also unmarried cohabitation was illegal in some cantons until the 80s and paternity leave as a concept only exists in Switzerland since the 00s.

I meant current times, not in the past. Sorry, I assumed that would be obvious. There are also some things I like about Germany, though they have a pretty terrible past.

reluctance to stop dealing with Russia

Can you name examples?

We did always implement all the EU sanctions afaik.

In case you meant us not using Russian assets to help Ukraine like the EU does, iirc they're using interest, not the actual assets, for that. Which I remember reading (but don't have a source right now) isn't possible for Switzerland due to how they are stored in commercial banks rather than central repositories. And just seizing them would be illegal. It's not like we don't want to (though that's probably a factor too), but more like we can't.

Switzerland is beautiful, but I have never met a more insular/racist group of people in my travels than in the swiss countryside. Skin colour and language can match, but if your accent is off you might be labelled a dirty foreigner and be treated accordingly.

• Shady banking: happens everywhere

• nazi gold: happened a long time ago

• women not voting until 70s: happened everywhere

• nestlé: american company with swiss roots