We could take some sorely needed lessons from 'em !
Sadly they modeled themselves after us. We have strayed and they have not. This from the Library of Congress.
Widespread Interest in the Founding Documents
In 1847 and 1848 a wave of democratic revolutions swept through Europe. A brief civil war in Switzerland resulted in a new constitution modeled after the United States Constitution, which transformed the government of Switzerland from an alliance of republics to a federal nation.