Yeh but with a nation like the French, they might be a lot more protective of their national identity than we are, but are they any HAPPIER about their nation as a whole? I reckon it's the reverse if anything, desperately clinging to the old ways in the hope it will bring something they...
Eh.
I think it's always worth comparing this data to data from other countries. What do people in France and Germany think of their nation? What do people in Sweden think of their nation? How do we compare to Americans? What about the North Koreans or the Chinese?
I think it's a POSITIVE thing...