Switzerland has a distinct national identity that has existed since the middle ages though

They may speak the languages of their neighbors, but that doesn't mean they are the same

It's what you get when you mix German Italian Austrian and French

Yeah but they're still mostly Germans. The Bavarians are still a part of Germany yet it still retains its regional culture

I don't see a problem

They are Germanic but not really Germans

Because Switzerland is a very important geopolitical figure and European Nation

If you start considering them German than why not Danes, Dutchmen, Swedes, Norwegians etc

And what about the Sorbs?

And German parts of Silesia?

And Pomerania?

Not entirely no, southern and Eastern Switzerland should be given to Italy and France respectively

Rugia?

Minor ethnicities are too irrelevant to have a stand alone nation

Szczecin?

Tell that to the HRE @Deleted User

That wasn't a nation, it was

Well

The HRE wasn't really drawn along ethnic lines though

A shitfest

Lol

It has several tiny nations

Had

Because it was a sort-of confederation

I'm just saying

Small nations could be protected by the bigger ones

Sorbia if taken from Poland and Germany

Might be fine

Plus

The HRE predates the idea of nationalism

Well

There was always nationalism

I hate when people say that

Until its very end of it's life

You don't think people cared about if France survived?

It wasn't the big multi ethnic society

Like Germany

But bavarians and the like cared about their identity

Germany is an artificial concept

Yeah there was nationalism amongst the nobility sometimes such as in Scotland where they didn't want to be ruled over by Anglos and started rebellions, but nationalism was nowhere close to the scale it would reach later

I'm just saying