Switzerland hasn’t fought a war since 1815. To conclude from that, that the swiss have been spared from battles would be wrong.
The Swiss, a nation with no natural resources, no sea, little cultivable land; living in a mountainous country that is hard to reach had to find ways to survive
The only way to survive through the centuries was through battling these disadvantages with the their two main weapons, adaptability and the tradition of values. In order to stay alive, innovation had to be in the Swiss DNA.

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The German built a perfectly functioning BMW, the Swiss a swiss army knife

The French makes iconic Champagne, the Swiss invents chocolate by mixing milk with cocoa.

The Japanese invents a watch that runs on batteries, the Swiss builds watches that run for generations