Switzerland has a population of over 7.6 million people with German, Italian, French, and Romansh as the national languages. It has a long tradition of democracy and republicanism with a bicameral parliament and seven executive ministers governing without a president. The economy focuses on banking, tourism, and transportation and relies heavily on trade with European neighbors. Popular Swiss foods include chocolate and cheese.

2. Capitol: bern

3. demographics
 Population 7,655,628
 Population growth .199%
 National languages: german, italian, french, and romantsch
 Nationality: swiss

4. government
 Long republican tradition
 Modern democratic constitution back
to 1848 with a 2 chamber parliament
 Switzerland's national council is
their “house of representatives”
 The council of states is like the us
senate
 7 head ministers oversee certain
parts of the government
 Switzerland has no full time
president

5. Swabian war
 Also known as the Swiss war
 Started by the Swiss rejection of the diet of worms of 1495
 The peace of Basel ended the war and gave Switzerland complete
independence from the holy roman empire

6. Economy
 Biggest trading partners are Germany, France, and Italy
 80% of trade is with members of the European union
 economy is focused around tourism, banking, and railway freight
transport
 Major trading in European electricity market

7. food
 Known mostly for its Chocolates
 Beurre maison

8. Major city
 Zurich
 Largest city in switzerland
 Population: 1,392,396

9. Contribution to the arts
 Paul klee is considered both a german and Swiss painter
 Born 1879 in munchenbuchsee, switzerland
 Influenced by movements such as expressionism and surrealism.
 died in 1940

10. Wild card!!!
 Skiing is a favorite past time in switzerland
 Also very popular for tourism
 Verbier is the premier ski resort for french speaking swiss
 A lot of skiers get buried in avalanches and avaanches kill more
than a dozen people each year

11. Work cited
 http://www.indexmundi.com/switzerland/demographics_profil
e.html
 http://www.all-about-switzerland.info/
 http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/give/bene69/swiss.jpg
 http://www.globalpost.com
 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/klee/hd_klee.htm