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Switzerland wins because they are few people who make contrarian choices all the time and read the fine print on any international accord to see how they can free ride on the shoulders of all the other signatories.

Big countries like France, Germany, UK etc. they cannot be compared with the Switzerlands, Singapores, Hong Kongs of the world.

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French retire way earlier compared to other euro small or big states.

I am not a Swiss but your comment sounds pretty insulting for them

Small countries (Ireland, Switzerland, Malta, Liechtenstein, ...) not only cannot project military power but can barely defend themselves under modern conditions. So they nominally adopt a posture of neutrality and pragmatically turn themselves into tax havens or free ports in order to maintain a pseudo-autonomy. This often leads to the populace being little more than a labor pool in the service of a managerial class.

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