# The Swiss — What’s Wrong with the World character guide

> The Swiss in What’s Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** their

**First appearance:** 0001-what-s-wrong-with-the-world

## Who they are

The Swiss people, cited as an example of democratic and independent nationhood.

## In the story

### [The Free Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/vii-the-free-family)

Mentioned as an example of a republic under which the family's anarchic intimacy remains unaffected.

### [The Pedant and the Savage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/vi-the-pedant-and-the-savage)

Mentioned in the context of primitive societies and the difficulty of understanding their customs.

### [III: The Tricks of Environment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/iii-the-tricks-of-environment)

Cited as an example of mountain-dwellers who are prosaic, challenging the assumption that landscape produces a specific temperament.

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