That ' s why most nationalistic countries are also generally are the worst ones and nationalism increases with turmoil , most proud are ones that have nothing to be proud of in the first place . As a Turkish person with Albanian background , Albanians tend to be nationalistic about every minor thing possible . I think its a culture ' s survival mechanism to keep their people interested and to keep their country relevant . Turkey is not that far off from being like Albania , in fact most countries in and around that region are like that . For example , most Turks in Germany will probably say they are more proud of being Turkish and support Turkey over Germany when in reality that they live in Germany for the opportunities they can ' t find in Turkey . This is one of the problems Germans farright have with Turks living there . Another example is Armenians , if you ask them what makes them proud of being Armenians they will either talk about how they were the first Christians or how they survived 600 years of Genocide . Not much accomplishments to gloat about but still find something to be proud of .