Who am I?

I don’t want to be crude and list all the stereotypes of this ethnicity, yet at the same time i find myself otherwise unable to describe it specifically to you. Today i think i may try to be subtle, and maybe oneday i may supplement this clue with more obvious writing.

A long long history. A withstanding culture. A large population. A obsessive focus on education. An obsessive focus on food. An far away land. An economically divided country. An politically controversial nation. An socially problematic place. A huge landscape.

I realize that i’m no longer talking about an ethnicity - more an country. Nevertheless, you may be able to piece something together.