Polish landlord - Walks into my apartment without asking or when i am not at home and wants half rent in cash.

And yet, Lenka, the younger Poles whom I know from Poland would seem to uphold older values of solidarity with their own. According to them, such behavior as befell Optumem8 would therefore appear the exception rather than the rule.

@Lenka
That a guy who a girl fancies, but her female friends do not approve and sabotage by talking negatively about him constantly and using every opportunity to make him look worse as possible in every conversation as for her to lose interest in him and join back to group activities who single people perform

Ach ok, get it now. Still don't get what it has to do with patriotism or supporting your countryman but hey ho.

Typically, when most nationalities encounter a fellow countryman abroad, especially one in dire straits or in an unfamiliar environment, they will show a little mercy. Were

Optumem8 a stray Pole rather than a Norwegian, that is, a foreigner, we wouldn't be having this exchange now, would we!

Of course we could have such exchange.

Really?
An exception, no doubt.
Loyalty, I trust, nonetheless extends at least WITHIN national boundries:-)