| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Europe |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic . |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch 0.5%, other 2.8%. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%. |
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