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Switzerland - The Land of Milk & Honey

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       SWITZERLAND WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED HELVETIA BY JULIUS CAESAR WHEN HE CONQUERED THE HELVETII, A GROUP OF CELTIC TRIBES, WHO LIVED IN THE AREA.  SWITZERLAND IS ALSO KNOWN AS " CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA ".  ITS ALSO NICKNAMED AS ‘LAND OF MILK & HONEY AS IT PRODUCES THE WORLD’S FINEST HONEY & MILK.          SWITZERLAND IS A COUNTRY CENTERED BY ITALY TO THE SOUTH, FRANCE TO THE WEST, GERMANY TO THE NORTH, AND AUSTRIA AND LIECHTENSTEIN TO THE EAST. IT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVIDED AMONG THE SWISS PLATEAU, THE ALPS, AND THE JURA. WHILE THE ALPS OCCUPY THE GREATER PART OF THE TERRITORY. SWITZERLAND IS LOCATED IN EUROPE BUT IT IS NOT A PART OF THE EUROPIAN UNION. THE SWISS CONFEDERATION CONSISTS OF 26 CANTONS .  SWITZERLAND HAS NO OFFICIAL STATE RELIGION, THOUGH MOST OF THE CANTONS RECOGNIZE OFFICIAL CHURCHES WHICH ARE EITHER THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OR THE SWISS REFORMED CHURCH.  THERE ARE 4 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN SWITZERLAND, GERMAN (NORTH & EAST), FRENCH (SOUTH WEST), I