"Even the Communist nations are changing their ways," he said.

Behind those figures is a story of how a major wine-producing nation changed course.

The nation that was 88 percent white is now about 62 percent so and rapidly changing.

Other nations did not change to the Gregorian system until more than 150 years later.

"I don't think so, unless the whole nation changes its ways."

"The nation has changed a great deal," said one influential political figure who asked not to be identified.

But there have been few signs that the nation has changed its mind about the war.

The industrial nation was expanding and changing at a furious rate.

"In 26 years I have watched the entire nation change its mind about marriage," she said.

Has the nation changed to embrace its brand of politics?