Lol, the Swiss have been independent for a great number of centuries, literally formed as a nation, decades ago, and enriched by the best banking systems. Are you literally comparing a European state surrounded by other EU and NATO states to cope about your possible drug and crime infested seperatist nation that will be sandwiched between two nuclear armed nations? Bro, I know snorting crack has powerful hallucinations but i didn't know it made you so geopolitically illiterate. They literally survived by staying neutral and hoarding Nazi gold, which they get shit for even today. They are surrounded by peaceful, mostly liberal, mostly secular states that agree with one another on foreign policy and aren't trying to kill one another using nukes.

You don't seem to understand how this works. The Sikh Empire was too formed a long time ago, it had excellent GDP and was very rich. This isn't a first time thing. And no. During WW2, Europe was much more dangerous than South Asia is today. You had literal fascist juggernauts throwing everything they had at each other, if the Swiss can survive that, we absolutely can as well.