Switzerland, authoritatively the Swiss Confederation, is a nation arranged Europe. It comprises of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the government specialists. The sovereign state is a government republic circumscribed by Italy toward the south, France toward the west, Germany toward the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein toward the east. Switzerland is a landlocked nation geologically separated between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spreading over an all out region of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). The foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy dates to the late medieval period, coming about because of a progression of military triumphs against Austria and Burgundy. Swiss freedom from the Holy Roman Empire was formally perceived in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The nation has a past filled with furnished nonpartisanship returning to the Reformation; it has not been in a condition of war globally since 1815 and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Notwithstanding being the origination of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to various global associations, including the second biggest UN office. On the European dimension, it is an establishing individual from the European Free Trade Association, however strikingly not part of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Eurozone. In any case, it takes an interest in the Schengen Area and the European Single Market through two-sided settlements. Switzerland is a standout amongst the most created nations on the planet.

Bern is the true capital of Switzerland, alluded to by the Swiss as their Bundesstadt, or "government city". Bern is additionally the capital of the canton of Bern, the second-most crowded of Switzerland's cantons. The official language in Bern is (the Swiss assortment of Standard) German, yet the most-spoken language is an Alemannic Swiss German vernacular, Bernese German. Bern lies on the Swiss level in the canton of Bern, somewhat west of the focal point of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps. The wide open around Bern was framed by ice sheets amid the latest ice age. The two mountains nearest to Bern are Gurten with a stature of 864 m (2,835 ft) and Bantiger with a tallness of 947 m (3,107 ft). The city was initially based on a bumpy landmass encompassed by the waterway Aare, yet exceeded normal limits by the nineteenth century. Various scaffolds have been worked to enable the city to grow past the Aare. Of the created territory of Bern, 3.6% comprises of modern structures, 21.7% lodging and different structures, and 12.6% is given to transport foundation. Power and water foundation, just as other extraordinary created territories, made up 1.1% of the city, while another 6.0% comprises of parks, green belts, and sports fields. Of Bern's absolute land territory, 32.8% is intensely forested. Of the agrarian land, 14.3% is utilized for developing harvests and 4.0% is assigned to be utilized as field. Nearby waterways and streams give all the water in the district.

Leontopodium nivale, usually called Edelweiss, is a mountain blossom having a place with the daisy or sunflower family Asteraceae. The plant favors rough limestone places at about 1,800– 3,000 meters (5,900– 9,800 ft) elevation. It is non-harmful and has been utilized in conventional prescription as a cure against stomach and respiratory infections. The thick hair seems to shield the plant from cold, aridity, and bright radiation. The plant's leaves and blooms are secured with white hairs, and seem wooly (tomentose). Blossoming stalks of edelweiss can develop to a size of 3– 20 centimeters (1– 8 in) in the wild, or, up to 40 cm (16 in) in development. Each blossom comprises of five to six little yellow bunched spikelet-florets (5 mm, 3/16 in) encompassed by fluffy white "petals" (in fact, bracts) in a twofold star arrangement.