From a classical liberal perspective, Switzerland's governance seems utopian. Low taxes, good services even for low income people despite the low taxes, very decentralized government, and it really does seem true that "no one bothers to know who the president is".

My big question: what's the catch?

Like, what stops every other country from adopting a Swiss-style political system?

(This is not a rhetorical question, I'm actually curious)

Possible hypotheses I have:

1. Swiss people are very high (IQ | conscientiousness | conflict avoidance | something) and the model would not translate to a culture that doesn't have those traits

2. There isn't much _interesting_ in Switzerland either: no Elon Musk, no big tech, no avant garde cultural movements... and the Swiss political system would not survive the pressures/conflict that would come from such things existing, or at least it would re-centralize in response to them

this is the point made in a well-known scene in The Third Man (1949) comparing the tumult of Renaissance Italy vs Switzerland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cydkTy6GmFA