Dead Man's Path

Reading the story "Dead man's Path."
I'm guessing there are a lot of culture influences to our country, since in the early era, there has been some trading from all over the country, specially the western country like the America.
maybe the major influence to our country is the government, because we've learned to stand on our own, having our independence day with the help of the western country. and probably the trading would influence us as well, since most of us are using imported products from shirts and jeans, to building materials and cars.