++ [ originally posted by Matto ] ++
Holland and England are monarchies. What you call "Federal" we call "Royal".
I would assume so, seeing as they have 3 official languages over there.
Switzerland's a bore though - been there twice, wanted to leave asap both times. Plus, it's really, REALLY expensive, it's not a member of the EU (meaning that you couldn't travel to any other European nation without passport controls and blablabla) and the Swiss themselves don't speak English. Either French or Swiss-German so I hope you have mastered any of those languages if you're thinking of going there.