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I'm Basque but have lived outside the Basque Country for a long time. I actually now find the cultural efforts of the Basque government to have been beneficial, even if most people I know would call them onerous. I think it has played out well for the Basque Country to emphasize Basqueness (whatever that can mean) as a way to distinguish a place that may otherwise have stood out even less on a global stage.