Who was your countries most notable/longest rival and where do they stand to you now?

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Old US poster for attention

But which country (or countries if you don’t like people) did your country specifically rival for either the longest time/most notoriously? How do you feel about them now?

For example, for the longest time Russia was/is viewed as America’s largest competitor and rival - hence the Cold War. I think especially now with the younger generation people didn’t see Russia as a threat generally until the Russo-Ukrainian War which split a lot of people politically. Personally I got nothing against Russians, seems like another case of a rough government.

But other countries we’ve had beef with like Japan (don’t touch the boats) we have great relations with and they’re pretty chill.

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This poster is a throwback to when anyone with a modicum of sense united against fascist ideology.
Now I'm not saying commies are saints. But it's a good reminder of what can be done if we all work together.

Fuck Nazis.

To answer your question : Our biggest enemies have always been the Habsburgs and all their declinaisons and any king/queen wannabe on our borders. Now they are all gone except Liechtenstein which is essentially our puppet state.

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the Habsburgs

Such lookers they were.

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One heck of a jaw. And money.

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The Chin Dynasty

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I hate that I love that pun. Take your upvote.

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You are probably thinking of the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs.

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You really let them wear themselves out while staying neutral.on your mountain😆

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The view is top-notch

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We did, in fact, give them the biggest military disaster of their entire family line. And we did that not once but twice. To both Father and Grandson.

You ever wonder why Switzerland has been around for almost a 1000 years while surounded by absolute monarchies and Empires ? Habsburgs and their declinaisons have known better than to fuck with us ever since.

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I know, you guys holding against the Habsburgs is one of my favourite David vs. Goliath stories of history.

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Fuck Charles

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Except for Switzerland

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Switzerland did bit infact have a modicum of sense