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August the 1st is Switzerland's national day!
Grüezi! Bonjour! Ciao! Allegra!
726 years ago, the Kantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden swore to protect each other in an eternal brotherhood, and formed what was to become the Swiss Confederation. Through the years, Switzerland grew into a federation of 26 Kantons, united under the white cross on red banner.
Today on Helvetiaball, we're pleased to present you in the sidebar the synergy between our four national languages: Schwiizertütsch, Français, Italiano, Rumantsch, all on a delicious cheese background.
Neighbours take note: best cheese is Swiss cheese, period. Also please enjoy the new flairs and usernames! Bonus points for you if you already know the Swiss personality you're bearing the name of today!
The header celebrates the diversity of our federation and the multiple clichés of our nation, full of contradictions. Every Kanton is represented, doing typical things from their region or from Switzerland overall. Mouse-over them to get the full story!
| Canton | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aargau | Who needs refugees? Nobody, say the people of Aargau! | |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden Innerrhoden | Neutrality means: We sell weapons to anybody, we hide anybody's money. When will you pesky foreigners get that? | |
| Basel Landschaft Stadt | The Basels are the capital of Swiss sport, being the birthplace of our most successful Tennis player and football club! In their spare time, the Basels are the headquarters of some of the biggest drug manufacturers in the world. | |
| Bern, Berne | Need we say more? | |
| Fribourg, Freiburg | In Fribourg, cows are on the roof! | |
| Genève | The seat of CERN, the Large Hadron Collider and the birthpace of the Internet. | |
| Glarus | Glarus is where democracy is still alive and well. Ugh, at least for men | |
| Graubünden, Grigioni, Grischun, Grisons | Skiing, the most beloved sport of us Swiss people! Never forget the golden days of the Sapporo Olympics 1972! | |
| Jura | You only rarely hear from this little cute canton, but they can put up a fight! | |
| Luzern | Did you just disturb the piece and quiet of Switzerland? You'll hear from my lawyer! | |
| Neuchâtel | The capital of Swiss watchmaking! And who doesn't like some regulation coming with that?. Also likes to brew Absinthe. | |
| Nidwalden Obwalden Schwyz Uri | The oath between these cantons started Switzerland! | |
| Sankt Gallen | We Swiss love our little brother Liechtenstein! Well, until we invade them, that is. | |
| Schaffhausen | Swiss people love storming Germany in search for good shopping deals! | |
| Solothurn | We love our railways! And we love Olten in Solothurn, one of our most important railway junctions! | |
| Thurgau | Thurgau is Switzerlands apple farm. Until you die there! | |
| Ticino | We are proud of the longest railway tunnel in the world, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland! | |
| Valais, Wallis | We must protect ourself from the German Reich! But don't get surprised by all our secret mountain canons! | |
| Vaud | Multinational organizations love our neutrality! | |
| Zug Zürich | It's good to be a nice pious peasant canton. But sometimes you just want to snort coke and benefit from those low taxes! |
Got any questions about the header? Why not ask the skilled artists, smart thinkers and translators behind this Swiss-quality masterpiece:
You're not familiar with Swiss clichés? Follow this crash course!
Switzerland is actually Germany on steroids
Do you want to chant for the best nation on earth as loud as you can (of course only between 8AM and 10PM)? Put two hashes in front of your Yodel! ##GO HELL-VETIA! will be
GO HELL-VETIA!
To brag with your multilingualism in an orderly formatted manner, add [](#break) to force line breaks: ##HOPP SCHWIIZ! [](#break) ALLEZ LA SUISSE! [](#break) FORZA SVIZZERA! [](#break) HOP SVIZRA!
HOPP SCHWIIZ! ALLEZ LA SUISSE! FORZA SVIZZERA! HOP SVIZRA!
Happy Swiss National Day!
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