Capital:
Berne

Population:
7,7 million

Population density:
172 per sq. km

Government:
Parliamentary Federal State since 1848, Direct democracy

Cantons:
20 full cantons, 6 half cantons

	Argovia		Appenzell Outer-Rhodes		Appenzell Inner-Rhodes
	Basle-Country		Basle-Town		Berne
	Fribourg		Geneva		Glarus
	Grisons		Jura		Lucerne
	Neuchâtel		Nidwalden		Obwalden
	Schaffhausen		Schwyz		Solothurn
	St.Gall		Thurgovia		Ticino
	Uri		Valais		Vaud
	Zug				Zurich

Languages:
(Swiss) German (64%), French (20%), Italian (7%), Romansch (1%), others (8%)

Religions:
Catholic (42%), Protestant (35%), others (23%)