Is Switzerland socialist

Answer 1

No, Switzerland is a federal democratie with a political landscape composed of a broad spectrum of parties. The main parties, by order of importance (german/french names):

- Swiss People's Party (SVP) : far right

- Swiss Social democratic Party (PS) : center-left

- FdP.The Liberals (FDP) : right (beware that liberal has a very different meaning here and is rather associated with unhindered economy rather than civil rights)

- Christian democrat People's Party (CVP): center-right, "Christian party of the people"/"christian democratic party"

- Conservative democratic Party (BDP) : right (actually not really a big party but present in the executive due to a split up from the SVP a few years ago)

These are the governmental parties present in switzerland's executive. The other parties present in the national legislative are (from left wing to right wing) :

Swiss Green Party, christian Social Party obwalden, Swiss evangelical People's Party, Swiss Green Liberal Party, Lega dei Ticinesi, Geneva citizens' movement

for more information I'd suggest a visit on admin.ch or ch.ch (ch stands for Switzerland's latin name "Confoederatio Helvetica", juste in case you where wondering)
Switzerland Has a mixed economy , ie it does have some socialised aspects in its system, However they do have private enterprise with which they pay for it.

Answer 2

All major parties in Switzerland support a capitalist economy.

Switzerland has a very democratic system of government.

Switzerland is a confederation of 26 semi-independent cantons. A canton is equivalent to what is called a state in English-speaking federal countries.

As many decisions as possible are made at the cantonal level. Each canton has its own constitution, parliament, laws and court system. Most of the cantons were once independent countries, and in many ways continue to act as such.

As well as regular elections, Switzerland has a form of "direct democracy" where any decision can be put to a referendum. A petition is started, signatures are collected and if enough signatures are collected there has to be a referendum which is binding. A referendum can be at the federal or cantonal level.

Switzerland has a collective head of state, the seven-member Swiss Federal Council.

The president is the presiding member of this council. Elected by the Federal Assembly for one year, the President of the Confederation chairs the meetings of the Federal Council and undertakes special representational duties. Primus inter pares, the President has no powers above the other Councillors and continues to head his or her department. Traditionally the duty rotates among the members in order of seniority and the previous year's Vice President becomes President.

The official title is "President of the Confederation" (German: Bundespräsident(in), French: Président(e) de la Confédération, Italian: Presidente della Confederazione, Romansh: President(a) da la Confederaziun).

Answer 3

Switzerland is a Federal Parliamentary Republic

Answer 4

Not really, the country is very affluent and conservative.