Not to be confused with Savoy, which had a somewhat different history. These two regions, in what is now France, and formerly were part of the Pays de Gex, being variously under the control of the Swiss, the Genevese and the counts of Savoy. In 1601 they came under the control of France. Their chief feature is that they are geographically isolated from the nearest French territory, and come within the customs domain of Geneva - the customs boundary and the national boundary differ. Possibilities in the multiverse: