How did countries afford to stay neutral in wars, primarily WW1 and WW2?

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In WW2 the likes of Spain, Portugal and Switzerland remained neutral, how could these countries stay neutral?

What stopped the Axis powers from invading these countries to add to their countries?

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The IRA nearly got us involved because their enemy was england and the enemy if my enemy is our friend. We would have been speaking German now if their plan wasn’t foiled.

My grandmother can remember the rations and milk bottle refills during WW2. We called it the emergency rather than WW2. We were hit hard since Britain was right next door but we had had a rough couple hundred years so we were able to adapt I think

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