Come on nomerci , what state of mind you are talking about?

i have another view of point if we want to be serious:
some people prefer to know the nationality because their mind doesn't want to discover the other person so they tend to explore more with the easy way by patterns in their minds "stereotyping" . that is why they ask about the nationality.

and asking about the religion "in most of the cases is not offending ", actually u can consider it as a polite question so they will not do mistakes infront of you could hurt your feelings regarding what u believe and what they believe.

regarding the age issue , i think it is the last card "when u have nothing to say" .

and regarding this issue please accept my gift to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJrEBtmM1Q
i remember it when i typed my last words in this coment