1:20
Newzealand is home to 3 million people and 60 million sheep.<span />
Their progress and wealth is highly dependent on the harvests, and the price of grain. They probably have to import some industrial products and if they had a bad year (weather, other catastrophies, poor technology) they can't get the necessary amount of industrial products in exchange for their surplus e. g. in grain. There are so many standards and requirements about the quality of food production that no country can survive solely on agriculture without high quality technology (machines, unharmful fertilizers, research-based breeding, etc.).
One of the most common forms of weathering in areas that have frequent freeze/thaw cycles is ice wedging.
Monsoon-
a seasonal prevailing wind
