Al Patrick wrote in message ...

NATION, Per Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Ed.:

A People, or aggregation of men, existing in the form of an organized
jural society, usually inhabiting a distinct portion of the earth,
speaking the same language,...

The truth is stranger than fiction!


Tough luck, Switzerland.

http://www.map4travel.com/world/euro...guageindex.php


The official languages of Switzerland are German (spoken by 65 percent
of the population), French (18 percent), and Italian (10 percent). The
fourth national language, Romansch, is spoken by less than 1 percent
of the people. Other languages spoken include Spanish, Portuguese, and
Turkish. In a majority of the cantons the most commonly spoken
language is Schwyzertütsch (Swiss German), an Allemanic dialect of
German differing vastly from both written German and other German
dialects. Newspapers and magazines are written in standard German,
however, and German is the language of many theater, motion picture,
and television productions. French is the most commonly spoken
language in the cantons of Fribourg, Jura, Vaud, Valais, Neuchâtel,
and Geneva, and Italian is the predominant language in Ticino.


Enjoy your fiction.