First, the socio-economic condition of a society would be an important element in making a democracy successful. It was argued by experts in the field that a society which has a sizable number of middle class who are educated together with the growth of urbanization and the mass media would be more conducive to democratic development than a society marked by rural characteristics with a populace whose educational attainment is low. In other words, democracy would develop better in a setup in which the social condition corresponds with that of an industrialized society. It has been a long contention among scholars that most successful nations with a successful democracy would have a considerable degree of industrialization. It could then be argued that if that is to be the situation, then how can one explain the case of India and the Philippines or even Australia and New Zealand? One can say that in the case of India, the legacy left by the British could be an answer and so is the case of the Philippines where the American political cultural heritage is strong. But of more importance would be the existence of the democratic ethos among the ruling elite of the two countries. In the case of Australia and New Zealand, the two countries may be marked by a big volume of agricultural produce but they are agro-industries rather than production of an agrarian economy, the type prevailing in other poor countries where the crops are grown for consumption with the excess for sale. Thus viewed, a democracy will be more likely to flourish under a society where the social and economic condition would be supportive for its development.