Thank You , I just Love Susumu . As an artist I find his music very inspirational , especially with making the kind of videos I do . <| sep |> I ' m kinda contented with the currect association of Czechia with but I have recently read an awesome comparison of Czechs to H o b b i t swaysczechsarelikehobbits and I love it . Some imho important personality traits now I look I accidentally wrote an essayMistrust of authorities and elites Before the national revival in the 19 th century , Czech language was used for common folk things and German language was used for anything official or more classy . For example , when you went to market , you spoke Czech , but when you went to theater , you spoke German . Czech was then associated with common folk and upper class and educated people prefered German . Emancipation of Czech was then tightly tied with refusing historically Germnaspeaking elites and idealisation of common people , folklore contrary to high culture and common sense contrary to philosophy . Our national myth was built around a statement that Czechs are plebeian nation but therefore essentially democratic . Problem with authorities would be definitely a personality trait of a personified Czechia . Obssession with swindling and bending the rules When there are two ways to do something , one official and formal and the other unofficial and cunning , we always rather choose the latter , even if the former would be simplier or better in outcome . We more likely spend more time at work for several days secretly using printer for personal use trembling that the boss will find out , than go to a copyshop and pay for it . When EU Commission asks us to comment on a EU directive proposal and tell them if there are any problems for us , we rather agree with the proposal without comments and later assignate a team of laweyrs to find a way how to bend it , etc . Blood is thicker than water attitude In Czech , the saying goes literally Shirt is closer than coat which means even though a coat keeps you warm better , a shirt as a part of your clothes is always closer to you , conform to the shape of your body and when in the end , it ' s the shirt that makes difference between naked and clothed . In this spirit , Czechs are hesitant to ask a stranger to do something for them , especially when it includes giving money to the stranger . So , if we need to e . g . fix something at home , first we try to do it on our own , then we look among our relatives and close friends whether someone could do it , then we look for a friend of a friend and if everything fail , we consider hiring a professional we don ' t know . Let sleeping dog lie attitude People from abroad often point out Czechs don ' t give a shit and live and let others live . It ' s more complicated though . Our saying goes Don ' t fight a fire that ' s not burning you and it focus on the part that ' s not burning you . Czechs then often think twice before engage in a conflict and ask themselves What does it do directly to me ? This creates a bit of hypocritical environment because we may be acceptant or indifferent to some people or ideas in general but oppose when it affects directly us , our family members , or friends . Also , our live and let live approach may be appealing at the first glance but its major disadvantage is it may lead to indifference . Problems with dealing with the past Some people like alternate history and discussing historical what ifs but Czechs actually build their national identity on this . Our oversimplifying recurrent national myth when looking at our history is that we could have achieved great things but then somone came usually Germans and spoiled everything for us . So we often think about possible alternate timelines where the Hussite movement hadn ' t been stopped , where we had won in the Battle of the White Mountain , where we had defended ourselves in 1938 , where the Prague Spring hadn ' t been interrupted by the Soviet invasion etc . So if Czechia would be a person , it would be most certainly insecure when it comes to the past . The Munich Complex This is connected with the previous one but it ' s so characteristic Czech attitude it has got its own name . In 1938 , Axis agreed with UK and France on the seccession of areas inhabited by Germans from Czechoslovakia without us participating in the discussion . This event is since then remebered as the moment that broke our back and since when we cannot act confidently in international relations . Connected with our tendencies to historicism , Czechs are convinced that had we refused the Munich Agreement and defended ourselves , we could have perserved our pride and dignity but since we hadn ' t , we are doomed to be cowards sort of style if you watch Doctor Who . This manifests today as passivity and reluctance to negotiate when it comes to international relations when we rather remain silent when issues are discussed and when we ' re not satisfied with the results , we rather find a way how to bend the rules as mentioned above .