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

Question

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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Answer 1

Spain supported Germany, but Spain had just suffered a civil war that impacted the whole country a lot, just before WW2, so they couldn’t take part in another war.