Some others:
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Half of the people with swiss citizenship have a foreign background at some level.
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The majority of immigration went from permanent to temporary. People come for a small amount of time.
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Despite being one of the most neoliberal country, people of the city of Berne voted to allocate money to the self-managed cultural center. This can be explained by the city-countryside political divide.
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Switzerland doesn't have direct democracy but a semi-direct democracy.
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Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus still have a Landsgemeinde where people vote cantonal level legislations using show of hands vote.
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Corruption at the local level is high.
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There are more unwritten rules than laws.
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People keep their friends during the entire life. As a side effect, people can be seen as unfriendly. It can take up to 10 years to make a local friends.
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You can reach 95% of the country by public transportation.
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The Habsburg dinasty originated from the small town of Habsburg in the Canton of Aargau.