Editing Peace (section)

===Long periods===
{{See also|List of periods of regional peace}}
The longest continuing period of peace and neutrality among currently existing states is observed in [[Sweden]] since 1814 and in [[Switzerland]], which has had an official policy of neutrality since 1815. This was made possible partly by the periods of relative peace in Europe and the world known as [[Pax Britannica]] (1815–1914), [[Pax Europaea]]/[[Pax Americana]] (since 1950s), and [[Pax Atomica]] (also since the 1950s).

Other examples of long periods of peace are:
* the [[isolationism|isolationistic]] [[Edo period]] (also known as [[Tokugawa shogunate]]) in Japan 1603 to 1868 (265 years)
* [[Pax Khazarica]] in [[Khazar Khanate]] (south-east Turkey) about {{CE|700–950}} (250 years)
* [[Pax Romana]] in the Roman empire (for 190 or 206 years).