Mindset

Would it be fair and reasonable to say that a key ingredient of the state of a country’s affairs in terms of its economy, wealth, standard of living and infrastructure is the mindset of its population.

The mindset of the population is, of course, determined by culture, religion and beliefs not to mention education. I am not talking just about Fiji but all countries. I believe governments can only do so much, the rest is up to the people. Discuss.