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The Swiss Confederation maintained a strict policy of neutrality since the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Despite its central location in the very heart of the European continent, the country has managed to remain unaligned for over two centuries and counting, its sovereignty and independence protected by a standing, conscription-based military and, perhaps even more so, by the world-renowned discretion of the Swiss bankers. Many famous - and infamous - figures, be it politcians, monarchs.…