What does it mean to be Czech?

OK, this is where we begin...I have a few thoughts to type up on this subject, but time is short at the moment...so let's get the ball rolling :-)
How would you define Czech-ness?
Are you proud to be Czech? Why/why not?
Other than beer, hockey & beautiful women - what do Czechs have to offer the world?
Any thoughts? :-)

Ok...here we are a week later...so, these are my thoughts :-) I do encourage ALL Czechs out there to challenge me...but these are observations (some of which my wife reminded me of!) that I've gathered over my 10 years here...

• Most Czechs have a problem with low self-esteem...however, they don't seem to like to boast much but perhaps like to be secretly proud :-)
• What is this habit of young Czechs (mainly guys) gathering together on street corners and spitting in a circle??!! Never seen this in England...!!
• Always easy to spot a Czech on holiday...especially if there is an open-buffet for breakfast!! They are surely hobbits!! They not only eat 3-4 breakfasts, but they also make snacks & arrange a picnic for later! :-o
• They like to complain, but are quite lazy to take any action...very apathetic when it comes to voting...
• Most Czechs appear to be atheistic...but some admit to praying when life gets tough ;-)
• Czech driving is bad...not as bad as the Slovaks (!!)...but BAD! And why is that?! Is it a lack of respect for the laws of the road? Or are they under so much stress?...
• Czech roads are becoming legendary....take a drive around Austria/Switzerland, blindfolded in a chauffeur driven car (of course!)...and when you cross the border back into Czech Republic...you will surely know! :-)
• Czechs are generally impatient when it comes to queuing...for a nation that used to queue a lot under the Communists, it seems this skill has almost disappeared... :-(
• Mushrooming...a VERY Czech past-time...
• Czechs (perhaps older ones) find it hard to throw things away...they hoard/collect things..."You never know when you might need it..." sort-of-attitude...
• Corruption...sadly seems to be part of the fabric here...though it is quite subtle at times...and other times it is quite blatant...almost expected!

However...it is NOT all negative!! :-)

• The Czechs tend to do more home-cooking than GB!! And it's very good too!
• Czech beer IS great...though Czechs do tend to drink too much of the stuff sometimes...but it IS CHEAP!
• David Navara!! - https://www.facebook.com/notes/chess-news/a-statement-by-david-  http://chess.ugrasport.com/?p=3160navara/206678022728975?ref=nf  - I guess if I have a Czech hero at this time it is this young man :-) Worth reading what happened...
• Czechs can be helpful to foreigners...and friendly...when I first moved here with my wife, a lady in church (who had never met me) made me a Babovka cake... :-) 
• Czechs are very appreciative when a foreigner tries to speak Czech :-)
• Medical care...on the whole, I think it's better to get ill here than in the UK... ;-)

OK...there's surely enough there to stir up some thoughts/reactions....what say you Czechs?! :-) 

An example of a quick learner...

This morning I taught a class & we were looking at specific problems that Czechs have with the English language. One of them concerns the word 'sympatik', which some Czechs use an an English word - though there is a slight difference between the meanings. 'Sympatik' from a Czech point of view means 'kind, friendly...nice' - whereas the English word which sounds like it - 'sympathetic' means 'expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings'...a sort of understanding of someone's problems...
Later in the lesson, one of the students mobile phones 'peeped'! I proceeded to pull out a yellow card to punish Van the Man (the offending student)...to which he responded by saying, 'Mr.Everill...could you be sympathetic to me?' !!!
I was surprised by his quick-wittedness & charm....and seeing how he'd learnt what I asked him to, I did indeed show some sympathy & let the incident go :-)
It is so encouraging as a teacher when a student grasps something new!!