I think you may have misunderstood me. I believe you can get a general idea of the culture of a country by looking at the policies and politicians that the majority of constituents vote for. If you took the policies of the Canadian government and transposed those on another, such as the US, many of them would be rejected outright by the majority of voters. This, one could argue, is a result of the differing cultures between each nation. I didn’t mean to suggest that you could determine everything about a country just by looking at their political parties.

“Peace, prosperity and good government.” Isn’t that the old Canadian saying? That represents a culture. I was agreeing with what you were saying in an earlier note.