Friends, a CHF discussion thread. 1) Is Switzerland the only modern state that was entirely built from the bottom up? What are the main differences with pre-Bismark Germany other than CHF never had a Bismark? Did Napoleon actually DE-Centralize CHF?
By profits I should clarify that I mean personal profits to the centralizers from the act of centralizing power. In the case of a militarized state like Napoleon's or Bismarck's some of those profits come in the form of war plunder. Swiss had not the manpower for this either.