Switzerland By Jake Wallace and Ben Daley

GOVERNMENT The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance. Government Type: formally a confederation, but similar structure to a federal republic. Capital: Bern, N, 7 26 E Swiss President: Eveline Widmer Population: 7,655,628

Country flag The origin of Switzerland country flag started in 1889 It started in wars so you could identify swiss troops To identify the confederate troops they would put a white cross on their uniform or clothes swiss flag

Economy Switzerland has a modern and peaceful market Economy. A market economy is an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices. Switzerland's GDP is billion dollars Switzerland's debt is is trillion dollars Some of Switzerland's agricultural products are grains, fruits,meats and eggs.

Economy #2 Imports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles. Exports: o : machinery, chemicals, o watches, metals

Economy #3 Swiss products o Swiss army knife o Swiss water bottles o Swiss army watch o Swiss army backpack Swiss Army watch

Currency Switzerland's currency is the swiss franc 1 united states dollar =.9189 swiss francs

Comparing Costs Xbox 360 us $300 swiss 274 swiss francs smoothie maker us $58 swiss 54 swiss francs an xbox360 available in switzerland

food in switzerland Breakfast: breakfast typically includes bread, butter or margarine, marmalade or honey, maybe some cheese or cereals. Lunch: Lunch may be as simple as a sandwich or a birchermüesli or it could be a complete meal. Dinner: dinner can be a full main course or just some bread, cheese, maybe some dried meat or any other light meal fondue: a swiss meal of cheese meat and chocolate

Swiss Holidays Swiss national day is the official swiss holiday since Just like americans the swiss celebrate holidays such as Christmas also New Years Eve and Easter. The swiss have a lot of christian holidays such as Ascension or immaculate conception.

Climate Mostly mountains with lots of rolling hills and plateaus. The temperature in switzerland is affected by elevation since there are a lot of mountains in switzerland. September, May, and October tend to be the driest seasons. April and November are the wettest periods in switzerland.

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Fun Facts One of the worlds best tennis player, Roger Federer is from Switzerland. The font, “Helvetica” was created in Switzerland. You can’t turn right on a red light. The average Swiss eats 23 lbs of chocolate per year compared to the 11.7lbs eaten by Americans. James Bond's mother is Swiss.

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