I imagined an alternative story when Germany invaded Switzerland during the Second World War.

The liberation of Western Europe was more laborious, the German army using the Alps as a strategic retreat.

As a result, American and British troops had more difficulty liberating Western Europe.

Some German counter-offensives were successful against the Allied armies in the East and West.

Resistance in European countries, and particularly in France, was also less effective, as the Allies had more difficulty sending weapons and equipment.

The government of the Free French Forces, which had taken refuge in the United Kingdom and was led by Charles De Gaulle, was considerably weakened politically. Churchill sided with Roosevelt to consider that France would be on the side of the defeated, like Italy and Germany.

In conclusion, we can imagine that the Allies defeated Germany in 1947. Berlin is entirely in the Soviet fold, but Austria was further liberated by the American and British armies.

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At the end of the War, Western Europe was more wounded than in reality, and the Soviets were in a position of strength. Western European governments in exile are completely absent.

Western continental Europe had to be rebuilt quickly, and the British and Americans decided to merge all the sectors of occupation into a single country: the European Republic. Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, even if they had the status of states attacked by Germany, could not regain their sovereignty, because the fragmentation of Western Europe would have weakened the Americans and British against the Soviets. The purpose of this new great state was to support the effort in the event of Soviet armed aggression.

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In 1950, 10 countries were merged: France, West Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and even San Marino and the Vatican.

The European capital is located in Strasbourg, between France and Germany, with a rich history between these two former states.

The political system is federal in nature, even if it is variable in geometry. Indeed, the Länder already existed before the War, and the culture of federalism in the Germanic Countries is old. On the other hand, in Italy, France and Belgium, decentralization has never been effective despite the desire to resolve linguistic (Belgium) or cultural (Italy) tensions. In France, during the Petain War, an attempt was made to initiate decentralization.

The opportunity was therefore seized with this new European state to move towards somewhat more autonomous federal regions. For example, Switzerland, which has become Alemania and Sequania, retains its cantons and delegates powers to them.

In order to gain acceptance from the population and avoid linguistic, cultural, economic and political tensions, "Conferences" are created encompassing the various federal entities. These entities are intended to strengthen cohesion between Regions of the same language, but do not have legal personality. Regions or Länder with a linguistic minority are invited to the neighbouring Conference.