Switzerland has some very unique factors that have defined its sovereignty that Texas could not emulate.
- Switzerland benefits from incredible natural borders that have isolated geographically from invasion and the rest of Europe for centuries. Texas's borders consist mostly of flat plains.
- Switzerland's neighbors are all prosperous and wealthy nations: France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. Texas' borders the corrupt and drug laden Mexico to the south, and the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma - separated by nothing more than road signs.
- Switzerland and Texas do share a common thread vis a vis firearm ownership, but the Swiss have gun ownership, training, and defense nationalized, whereas Texas currently does not.
- Despite recent immigration, Switzerland has a very homogeneous culture and populace, with the lowest crime rate in the word. Texas has a very inhomogeneous population, and crime in its border towns can be very high and violent.
- The Switzerland banking system has no equal on the planet in terms of its global power and influence. Texas has no such system that even comes close to equaling the Swiss.
I am not saying Texas could not be successful if it left the US. In fact, other than Alaska I see no other state with that much potential. It just isn't Switzerland, and never will be.