This is interesting. I wrote that trait about cultural censorship in a science fiction story (you can find it in a link in my profile), but I had filed it under the ‘fiction’ part. Now I need to go back and make some edits.

However, it has to be said that many third-world nations are extremely jealous of their identity (and of the narrative around it), due to the perceived threat (or rather, historic record) of foreign interference.