How does The Nutcracker embrace musical nationalism?

Tchaikovsky was not on the whole a nationalist composer in the same vein as Borodin, Moussorgsky and the rest of the "mighty five." His music in general, including The Nutcracker, is less consciously based on Russian sounds. In the second act of the Ballet there is a divertissement or program performed for Clara and her nutcracker prince, which includes character dances in the style of various countries, and there Tchaikovsky includes a Russian Dance and another titled "Mother Gigogne and the Tumblers", which has a Russian flavor.