Unlike a true city-state, a free city has little ability to exert power abroad, but cantons and free cities have been known to resist the aggression of larger states with tenacity and determination.

• 和真正的城邦不同的是，一座自由城市几乎没有什么向外扩张的力量，但是众所周知这些行政区和自由城市有着足够的坚韧和决心抵抗住更大一些的国家的侵略。