Diversity Project Reflections Blog Post

Switzerland is landlocked alpine country of roughly 8069376 million people (2014) in Western Europe with an area of 41285 km square. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states, called cantons. Bern is the capital city of Switzerland. Switzerland is a country which is also consider as the richest country in the world. Switzerland has four national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. Chocolate and delicious Cheese draws your attention towards Switzerland because it is famous for chocolate and cheese, also the city known as “land of chocolate and cheese”. Therefore the milk and cream used in chocolate and cheese in Switzerland are fresh and creamy and make a textural, sensory difference. Christianity is the Switzerland predominant religion. Switzerland is a country in which 23 % of the population is tourist population, because the tourist attractions: nature, museums, paintings, attracts the tourists towards their beauty. But, if we talk about the Swiss people then these things comes to in our mind are: private, formal, and reserved people. I have learned one thing from this culture like they separate their social life from business life, which is a good thing because if you mixed both things then you will never be succeed in your life. When we compare the United States to the Switzerland, then we can see a lot of similarities in both cultures. Both belong to the Individualistic society in which these countries people’s self image is defined in terms of “I” and “We”. Also, like Switzerland, Americans have a masculinity society.  Swiss people like to follow the rules; on the other side, Americans people do not require a lot of rules. So, if we compare both cultures then we can see a lot of similarities.