"Brits don't drink Budweiser."

There's enough of it on sale in the shops and all the adverts on the telly. There must be a lot of people who drink it. Or maybe a few people who drink a lot of it. Poor sods.

On the other hand we can also buy real Budweiser, made in the Czech Republic which is a totally different beer, and a great beer. The labels say Budweiser Budvar, to avoid the risk of making a horrible mistake.

Really big countries with big populations must feel like they are the whole world, stands to reason. Russia, China, USA, India. Small countries can't get fooled that way. "Insular" is really the least appropriate word to have got associated with this phenomenon. Islands can't normally afford to be insular.