What can you do for your Mother Land?

work hard for my country

Motherland is otherwise a synonym for fatherland, though perhaps carrying different psychological associations. It especially has the connotation of one's country of birth and growing up, with the country being respectfully viewed as a benign mother nurturing its citizens as her children. The term "Motherland" is very often labelled to Russia, and many Russians and various Slavs around the world refer to that country as such, even if they do not harbor their ancestry directly from that country. In spanish-speaking countries Madre Patria can refer to the country of oneself or be understood as a reference to Spain. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherland As for as service to the motherland is concerned, when people of the nation are sincere towards their duties towards the nation, they prove themselves to be good citizens. This is service to the motherland.