Patriotism and Nationalism

This is a topic which I'm sure everyone has talked about already, but here I'm going to be an annoying bastard and chew on it as well.
In Bulgaria, there are two nationalist parties - Ataka (literally -"Attack") and BNS (Bylgarski Nationalen Soyuz - Bulgarian National Union). Supposedly they are patriots. But they are not. Patriotism doesn't mean going around beating your chest like a gorilla and grunting about your country's illustrious history, but rather helping your country and it's people in some way. It doesn't have to be profound. If everyone contributed a little bit, then our country might actually have a chance of becoming at least half as advanced as Western Europe. But the thing is our government is full of traitors. Yes. These people, who steal from our country's money are traitors and should be tried for treason. A public hanging or two wouldn't be a bad thing as it would put off quite a lot of potential thieves like them.