Does the Swiss nation exist?

**Nadezhda89** · 01-21-2013, 07:41 PM

Does the Swiss nation exist? Or there are just Germans, French and Italian people?

**Anglojew** · 01-21-2013, 08:13 PM

The what? I think it's a figment of your imagination.

**Corvus** · 01-21-2013, 08:15 PM

Switzerland is a confederation consisting of 3 entities.
They are extremly nationalistic and proud.
Nevertell a Swiss they are German or French.
They are going to curse you

**Nadezhda89** · 01-21-2013, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Nordlicht

Switzerland is a confederation consisting of 3 entities.
They are extremly nationalistic and proud.
Nevertell a Swiss they are German or French.
They are going to curse you

I do not know such people, here in Bulgaria.

**Corvus** · 01-21-2013, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Nadezhda89

I do not know such people, here in Bulgaria.

But I know them. I have Swiss television, which I hardly understand because their dialect is almost incomprehensible and I have met some Swiss

**Nadezhda89** · 01-21-2013, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Nordlicht

But I know them. I have Swiss television, which I hardly understand because their dialect is almost incomprehensible and I have met some Swiss

What the Swiss German think about the Swiss French, etc?

**Graham** · 01-21-2013, 08:23 PM

They are. Only very decentralised with high local autonomy. Kind of makes them unique.

**Corvus** · 01-21-2013, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by Nadezhda89

What the Swiss German think about the Swiss French, etc?

That`s beyond my knowledge, but they stick together.
There are no ethnical divisions in Switzerland.
A Swiss is a Swiss irrespective of the language they use

**Lemon Kush** · 01-21-2013, 11:09 PM

Well Switzerland was originally part of the German Reich for many years. It's been an independant nation since 1291 though. It did not become an official Federal State with a constitution until 1848. Its existence throughout history has mainly been for political reasons.