Seven Cantons (Concert of Europe)

The Seven Cantons (French: Sept-Cantons) are a country of. The most recent addition to metropolitan France, they consists of the region which was assigned to the French Empire following the after the : the Seven Cantons are Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura (consisting of the former Swiss canton of Jura and and the Bernese Jura district), Valais (which consists of the western part of the former Swiss Valais, the rest of which was given to ), Fribourg (again, only the western part of the former Swiss canton of the same name) and Bienne (the former Bienne district of the Berne canton in Switzerland). The Seven Cantons border Germany to their north and east, to their south,  to their southwest,  to their west and  to their northwest.

A mountainous region, rich with majestic mountains, narrow winding valleys and chilly lakes, the region was annexed (not without some upheavals) to the French Empire during and after the War. Today it has fully integrated into the French system, and their status as a pays leaves the Seven Cantons quite autonomous in regards to the central government. The cantons' economy is based on financial services, tourism, and high-quality manufacturing and gastronomy. Arpitan is often used in lieu of French, which makes the Seven Cantons part of the greater Arpitan cultural region.