Neutral country





A neutral country takes no side in a war between other parties, and in
return hopes to avoid being attacked by either of them. The concept of
neutrality in conflicts must be distinguished from that of non-alignment.

The basic international laws covering neutral territories is the Second
Hague Convention.

Some countries, as Austria, Switzerland and Finland are keen to act neutral
also in peaceful conflicts between international powers.

Other countries may be more active on the international stage, but
emphasizing an intention to remain neutral in case of war proximate to the
country. By such a declaration of intentions, the country hopes that all
beligerents will count on the country's territory as off limits for the
enemy, and hence unneccessary to waste resources on.

Many countries occupied during World War II had tried this way, and in the
end only Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland were successful — though ƒire
supplied some important secret information to the Allies, for instance was
the date of D-Day decided on the basis of incoming Atlantic weather
information supplied from Ireland, while Sweden and Switzerland, as embedded
within Nazi-Germany and her associates, made some concessions to Nazi requests.