Countries
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues — including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.
Whereas nationalism still seeks power, honour, and glory through means that endanger other countries, patriotism knows that a country's strength and honour can only be permanently safeguarded through concourse with other countries. And whereas nationalism scoffs at the idea of international laws and regulations, patriotism seeks to create such.
Our policy is to deepen the relations with all the countries in the world — monarchies, kingdoms, large powers — we want to respect all differences and have our relationships based on mutual respect.