Claiming switzerland, If that's ok.
Republic of the four lakes
Flag:
Religion: Calvinism, Catholics all around the border
Most people are swiss, with minorities of Germans and Frenchmen.
Currency: Grossschweizer Franken (not really important)
Government: Parlimentary Republic (or whatever the Swiss have atm, meaning each city, canton/region and the nation as a whole have different laws)
Claims:
(and if I could have had Savoie i would have)
History:
Switzerland anno 2011 was on the verge of collapse due to the Franc being superior to the Euro. They saw one way to improve their standing, and in 2017, after a few talks with the German government which would eventually collapse, managed to gain parts of South Germany. Konstanz was finally admitted into the Union, according to the people there
ein Paar hundert Jahre zu spät - late by a few centuries. France also gave large parts of Alsace, finally realizing it was not really French but more Germanic.
Thus, the new cantons of Konstanz and Elsass were born.
They almost collapsed in 2030, but a new cabinet changed that.
Libya had warned ages and ages, no bombers ever came. they were very happy about that, but still, they harbor a small hate to the Arab world. Additionally, with their new gains, they renamed themselves
Republik der 4 Seen, often called
Grossschweiz for simplicity. The name derives from the Vierwaldstättersee, Lac de Geneve, Zürchersee and Bodensee (in other words, the four major lakes of Switzerland).
Foreign Policy: Being Switzerland, they are a completely neutral country, despite this, they often think others want their lives. Hence, the military policy is still 1 year compulsory military service for all men at age 18, so the swiss can raise a large army made up of all her citizens, whether German,French,Italian or Rumantsch-speaking, and defend one of the oldest democratic countries in the world.
Capital: HOW DARE YOU! Being the Swiss, all cantons are equal, and all cantons are independent with their own law variations (e.g, Zürich may have a different idea of what is serious crime than Geneva.) as such, it is compulsory for the new cabinet to always be seated in a different city (such as the infamous Lugano cabinet, which decided to aim for Austria before the elections stopped it). the cities of Bern, Geneve, Lugano and Chur are often seen as legal and economical capitals.
There. Now you know.