Switzerland has been rated "most innovative country" for 12 years straight, which is quite a performance for a country with just 8.5 million inhabitants (7 million in 2007), as we are competing against the US, Japan, the UK, Germany, France etc. https://www.ggba-switzerland.ch/10-technological-inventions-that-make-switzerland-the-most-innovative-country/#:~:text=For the past 12 years, Switzerland has been,in technological development, where many inventions are born.