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 and Switzerland, while nominally neutral, supported Germany, so Hitler had no reason to invade. They were also protected by mountain ranges that would have made it more of a challenge to invade. And as long as they weren’t providing significant resources, the Allies had no reason to spend manpower and resources invading