Swiss colonial empire

The Swiss colonial empire (German: Schweizer Kolonialreich, French: Empire colonial suisse, Italian: Impero colonial svizzero) consisted of the overseas colonies and territories controlled by Switzerland. During the Scramble for Africa, the Swiss possessed two nations in Africa that had never been colonised before: Ethiopia and Liberia.

Instead of Bern serving as the empire's capital city, Schenkville, the capital of Swiss Ethiopia, named after the 23rd Swiss president, Karl Schenk and now known as Addis Ababa, served as the empire's capital as it was larger.