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Switzerland. After the Sonderbundskrieg they took inspiration from the US Constitution in some things to reform Switzerland as a Republic, instead of just a Confederation. For example the two chamber parliament. The way the Senate represents the states with equal weights our Ständerat represents the Cantons with equal weights. A big difference is that Switzerland later adopted proportional representation, so we didn't suffer the same mathematical trend to a two party system.

Some more info in English here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/democracy/sister-republics-what-the-us-and-switzerland-have-in-common/73368873

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