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In reality, of course, they produce a great deal more than cuckoo clocks; one of the most competitive pharmaceutical industries in the world, industrial chemicals, defence technology, agriculture, financial services, food processing, etc - up to a trillion or so per annum IIRC.
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p-e-w • today at 2:27 PM
It’s important to note that Switzerland has produced these things at least partially through the grace of the countries surrounding it.
Things would be very different in Switzerland if it bordered the Eastern Bloc or the Mediterranean Sea.
The cuckoo clock was intended to be a contemporary reference to the Renaissance period, not an exhaustive assessment of what Switzerland contributed to the present day.