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A Different Reality: Switzerland 2016

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(Part of the ADR-verse, an Ill Bethisad-esque world I'm building)

Born out of the great Alpine mountains, the Swiss Confederation emerged as a series of tiny autonomous communities within the Holy Roman Empire united under their common interests. United from among the three states of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden (later divided into three part-cantons) in 1291 to resist Habsburg encroachment on their autonomy, they later began its expansion when Lucerne, Zug, Glarus, Bern, and Zürich also joined, increasing their wealth and political clout. This marked the beginning of Switzerland's expansion into the Alpine valleys of Central Europe. 

However, the Reformation would shatter the religious unity of the Confederation. Whilst Bern and Zürich (later Konstanz, which joined the Confederation, and Basel) turned to the new Protestant faith, many of the cantons, especially Luzern and the Waldstätten, stayed tied to the Catholic Church. They soon entered into conflict over the various condominiums and common territories and in the Second Kappelkrieg, the Catholic armies were annihilated with a force from Zürich, Konstanz, and the Toggenburg. The resulting victory would give the Protestants priority in those areas, but the loose Confederation would continue. And while they were soon invaded during the Revolutionary Wars of the 1800s, they were largely stable (and also neutral) until 1848, when the old Confederation was replace by a full-fledged federal republic.

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ETC: ~3 weeks
Credits to Alex Richards for helping me with the borders and the religious history for this map
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Vorarlberg can into Switzerland! :happybounce: