Agrarian parties are political parties chiefly representing the interests of peasants or, more broadly, the rural sector of society. The extent to which they are important, or why,how,what,whetherthey even exist, depends mainly on two factors. One, obviously, is the size of an identifiable peasantry, or the size of the rural relative from,to,of,onthe urban population. The other is a matter of social integration: as,in,for,toagrarian parties to be important, the representation of countryside or peasantry must not be integrated with the other major sections of society. Meanwhile,Moreover,Thus,However, a country might possess a sizable rural population, but have an economic system in which the interests of the voters were predominantly related to their incomes, higher,lower,rather,otherthan their occupations or location; and in such a country the political system would be unlikely to include an important agrarian party.