Switzerland is one of the most militarized countries where all citizens, male citizens that is, are required to complete a term of service and can be called up in times of war. They haven’t been invaded since Napoleon Bonaparte and have not declared war either. The Vatican is happy to hire the Swiss guard, actual members of the Swiss military, to guard them and despite what Swiss companies like Nestlé do they are generally neutral and open to trade with all countries, all while having the most nuclear bunkers, and defensive posts for any country, with the possible exception of Romania, I believe, who didn’t plan them out and built them everywhere to prevent Soviet invasion from Russia. Switzerland is peaceful because France, Germany, Austria, and Italy were disincentivized militarily from invasion due to the cost to reward ratio, Czechoslovakia on the other hand was invaded by Nazi germany because they were forced to be neutral and were forced to give up their military defenses to Nazi germany. There is a difference between a military spending increase by a country for defensive reasons (usually more Democratic nations) and being a belligerent nation, who when it is an autocracy tends not to increase military spending much until they absolutely need to (such as Nazi military spending didn’t increase by much until 1944, and not in 1938-1939 when they were planning for war as the spending increases were put in place under Hindenburg’s presidency when they were still a republic).
Switzerland is one of the most militarized countries where all citizens, male citizens that is, are required to complete a term of service and can be called up in times of war. They haven’t been invaded since Napoleon Bonaparte and have not declared war either. The Vatican is happy to hire the Swiss guard, actual members of the Swiss military, to guard them and despite what Swiss companies like Nestlé do they are generally neutral and open to trade with all countries, all while having the most nuclear bunkers, and defensive posts for any country, with the possible exception of Romania, I believe, who didn’t plan them out and built them everywhere to prevent Soviet invasion from Russia. Switzerland is peaceful because France, Germany, Austria, and Italy were disincentivized militarily from invasion due to the cost to reward ratio, Czechoslovakia on the other hand was invaded by Nazi germany because they were forced to be neutral and were forced to give up their military defenses to Nazi germany. There is a difference between a military spending increase by a country for defensive reasons (usually more Democratic nations) and being a belligerent nation, who when it is an autocracy tends not to increase military spending much until they absolutely need to (such as Nazi military spending didn’t increase by much until 1944, and not in 1938-1939 when they were planning for war as the spending increases were put in place under Hindenburg’s presidency when they were still a republic).