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The trope is more specific than just \\\"nation notable for trading\\\". [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13288219300A30380100&page=1 See this discussion]] for the reasons that ProudWarriorRace, ProudScholarRace and ProudMerchantRace have been made NoRealLifeExamplesPlease. The points are these:
* The \\\"Proud X Race\\\" tropes are stereotypes in fiction in the mould of PlanetOfHats, i.e. one trait defines the whole culture/people/nation. In real life, nations/peoples etc are not defined by a single trait. If real life nations figure in this role within a work, then that\\\'s a perfectly fine example, but it goes to the media folders.
* If you interpret the trope so loosely as to allow RL examples, there are just too many of them. More so if you broaden the concept of \\\"race\\\" to include caste or organization. If you include the Hanseatic League as a \\\"proud merchant race\\\", you are basically saying that proud merchants are a ProudMerchantRace. It\\\'s not an offensive trope, in fact it\\\'s elevating and that\\\'s the reason editors regard these kind of real life sections as Halls of Fame for their country of origin or their historical favorites, which leads to shoehorning.
* The \\\"Proud X Race\\\" tropes are stereotypes in fiction in the mould of PlanetOfHats, i.e. one trait defines the whole culture/people/nation. In real life, nations/peoples etc are not defined by a single trait. If real life nations figure in this role within a work, then that\\\'s a perfectly fine example, but it goes to the media folders.
* If you interpret the trope so loosely as to allow RL examples, there are just too many of them. More so if you broaden the concept of \\\"race\\\" to include caste or organization. If you include the Hanseatic League as a \\\"proud merchant race\\\", you are basically saying that proud merchants are a ProudMerchantRace. It\\\'s not an offensive trope, in fact it\\\'s elevating and that\\\'s the reason editors regard these kind of real life sections as Halls of Fame for their country of origin or their historical favorites, which leads to shoehorning.
