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 Define "my" and "people". 
Or rather, by who's consent is the "my" status given? If everyone has opted in, then you're just describing a voluntary community, not a nation. If "the people" are just defined by who happens to be (stuck) living within a national boundary, well then some of those people are not going to want your enforced Spartan protection. 

Basically: nationalism borne out of statism is hostile bullshit.