Interesting perspective Rardwulf.

I notice that some feel more patriotic about their heritage (and local culture) than their country. I often detect that this frequently reflects some bitterness for past negative events. However, I also see people whose ancesters were treated very poorly, but can rise above this and remain both proud of their heritage and their nation-while not diminishing the historic wrongs. Native peoples in North Ameria are an example (and, in some cases the wrongs are not entirely in the past).

I am often puzzled by people who hold grudges against other groups for events that occured hundred of years, or more, in the past, such as in the Middle Eas, where some groups seem more patriotic about their religion and "tribe", versus their nation, (whose boundaries were determined by outside forces).