Switzerland (/ˈswɪtsərlənd/), officially the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a country in Europe. While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called Bundesstadt ("federal city").[note 3] The country is situated in Western and Central Europe,[note 4] and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global and economic centres, Zürich and Geneva.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What is to the west and north of Switzerland?
2. What divides Switzerland?
3. what is there population?
4. 2 economic centres?
5. what other countries surround its boarders?
6. What is their historical name?
7. where are the largest cities found?
8. what are the names of the 2 economic centres found there?
9. Geographically where is the country situated?
10. how many cantons are there in Switzerland?
11. What are the countries federal city?
12. what country is to the west?
13. What kind of republic is it?
14. What is its Latin abbreviation?
15. how many nations surround its boarders?
16. how big are the alps?
17. how large is the area spanning Jura?
18. what is Bundesstadt considered?
19. Does the mountain span a large part of Switzerland?
20. Where do many of the people live?

Numbered answers:
1. France to the west and Germany to the north
2. the Alps
3. 8 million
4. yes
5. Italy France Germany Austria and Liechtenstein
6. Swiss Confederation
7. the Plateau
8. Zürich and Geneva
9. the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura
10. 26
11. Bundesstadt
12. France
13. a federal directorial republic
14. CH
15. five
16. unknown
17. 41,285 km2
18. the seat of the federal authorities
19. yes
20. on the Plateau