>>512057133 (OP)
It's hard to explain, but cuturally, we're a very dull people
We don't like drawing attention to ourselves, and many forms of outward expression, and pretension, are largely looked down upon. "Put your head down and get on with it"
As long as we can get what we need doing done, in the end, we don't mind waiting a long time for it with gritted teeth (wonky and yellow mostly)
It allows us to dig our heels in, and acheive things a lot of other groups of people wouldn't tolerate condition wise, which lead to the empire's dominance in every biome across the world
What it also does, is gives us a weakness, in that we really do tolerate some dog shit actions taken against us, whereby someone like the French kick off at the slightest thing. UNTIL the point where the entire country cracks and becomes an absolutely fucking unstoppable force. "You made me break face, now you'll pay hell for it."
See: Rudyard Kipling: The Wrath Of The Awakened Saxon