Why are You proud of Your Country

Nikola Tesla.

But he was Serb.

In response to the topic in general:
I guess it may be  quite dangerous to be proud of one's civilization or one's national history since in these areas there is a thin line between patriotism and nationalism.  In some cases there is an implicit argument of superiority.
To those who defend them by making a distinction between nationalism and patriotism, i am afraid i am still skeptic about it.  In some cases patriotism is used to define the phenomenon of nationalism since 'nationalism' does not sound politically correct nowadays. 
The problem with national histories are quite obvious, one's victory is one's tragedy and there is no good to  have a discourse of pride.
The problem with the civilization is similar:  just look at the discourses of 'civilizing mission'/white man's burden  or more recently 'clash of civilizations'.

i hate mycountry and thinkit is an embarresment to be called a citizen of australia and allied with the american president george bush. 

Originally posted by gcle2003 I forgot my adopted country. 1) Captain Vimes 2) Veterinari, the most efficient and least burdensome dictator ever 3) the amazing tolerance of Ankh-Morpork culture

Surely the Librarian should be in there somewhere..Oook!

For Britian;

1. Banning slavery and enforcing it.

2. Fish and chips.

3. The British; uncomplaining, hardworking, loyal, brave, trustworthy. Basicly the code of the Merchant Marine that Joseph Conrad so admired.

Originally posted by merced12 Originally posted by Milos Obilic Serbia; 1. defended the Christian Europe against the Asian invaders. well done

i hate mycountry and thinkit is an embarresment to be called a citizen of australia and allied with the american president george bush.

Absolutely, please vacate as there are more than enough would-be migrants who eagerly seek to become productive and loyal citizens. Perhaps you can move to some magnificently superior country instead, like the 8 or so with higher standards of living, the 7 or so with a more honest and incorruptible public sector, or one of the other 3 where over 95% of adults partake in voting and democracy.......

I won't be so arrogant as to claim "we are the best", but Australia isn't too bloody bad either. You can easily do worse. The alliance with Bush doesn't change that.