It's sort of like Mormons or Swedes. The govt form doesn't matter because success is baked in and govt is just for coordination, coordination that can happen without govt.
French and Flemish speaking Belgians would no doubt consider themselves more Belgian than French or Dutch but there are still substantial cultural differences within Belgium.
I blame the TV producers, which sank into the social causes pudding. There cannot be any good art if everything is checked and balanced. Death by committee. In Germany they had similar problems but got out of this mess.
Over 25% of the population are foreigners and over 40% of citizens have a immigration background.
Immigrants often become more Swiss than traditional residents, whether they are from Albania, Italy, Turkey or Germany (these some of the largest groups).
In fact we have a more heterogenous, multicultural and multilingual country than most other western nations.
And it was like that since basically forever. That’s why decentralization, federalism, neutrality are deemed so important I think.
Around 25% of residents were born outside Sweden and about a third have foreign born parents. Really not so different than some of the most successful U.S. states.