a third identity concerns citizenship of and/or national identification with an existing sovereign state, such as being syrian (syrian arab republic), german (germany), swedish (sweden), american (united states), etc. "syrian" identity in particular may be confusing for an outsider, since someone may self-identify as both syriac and syrian: as a "syrian syriac aramean" (a syriac christian from syria who ethnically self-identifies as an aramean) or a "syrian-swedish assyrian chaldean catholic" (a swede originating from syria who ethnically identifies as an assyrian - and may or may not promote assyrian nationalism - and who belongs to the chaldean catholic church), etc.