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{{quote|''Point d'argent, point de Suisse.''|"No pay, no Swiss" , the eminently practical creed of the Swiss mercenaries. }}
 
The Swiss Army is a force that is so well-armed that the country escaped both World Wars because [[Everyone isIs Armed|the able-bodied men aged 18 above]] are conscripted and ready to fight as [[La Résistance]].
 
Because of its time-honored policy of neutrality, it does not participate in foreign wars since 1815 [after the Napoleonic conflicts], though it does participate in peacetime operations.