That is 180 degrees opposite than in Croatia.
The Croats are by default proud, mostly about things that have nothing to do with what they have actually achieved.
The biggest one, aside from being proud that they are Catholics, being that they are Croats.
Proud to be Croat
is the phrase every newborn learns first.And we have so many things to be proud of, by large we are:
conservative
uneducated
uncultured
primitive
next to last in just about any chart concerning life quality, human rights, education...
The only thing you have to be careful not to be proud in Croatia is about something you've actually done yourself.
All being said and done, I would traid Finish mentality in a hearth beat...