Nationality refers to the country where a person is a legal citizen, usually the country where they were born. For example, people from Mexico have Mexican nationality, and people from Australia have Australian nationality. Nationality is one of many qualities that bring people together, and people of the same nationality usually share traditions and customs. Nationality can also refer to a persons legal relationship involving allegiance to a particular country and usually protection on the part of the state. For instance, Vietnamese nationality refers to a persons membership in the Vietnamese nation-state. Nationality can also be used to describe a people having a common origin, tradition, and language and capable of forming or actually constituting a nation-state. For example, the diverse nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire desired independence. In English, nationality adjectives and nouns are formed from country names, and the nationality adjective ending in -ese or -ish is used with a plural verb to refer to all people of that nationality. For instance, Spanish people are referred to as Spaniards, and Swedish people are referred to as Swedes.