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The Rwandan people are mostly farmers. Ninety percent of the population farms, with the greatest percentage of the population being in the age range of 15-63 years. The farmers produce a wide range of crops. They produce coffee, tea, pyrethrum, bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes, and livestock regularly. Rwanda does not just run on agriculture though. Other industries of the country include, cement producing, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic, textiles, and cigarettes. They also produce a large amount of electricity and mine many natural resources. Gold, cassiterite, wolframite, methane, hydropower, and arable land are listed by the CIA World Fact book as Rwandan’s most common natural resources. Rwandans produced a total of 132 million kilo Watt-hours of electricity in 1999, but they consumed approximately 191.8 million kilowatt-hours, slightly higher than in previous years (CIA). The Rwandan culture is not much different than neighboring countries in Africa. Rwanda is made up of four main religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Adventist, and Muslim, with Roman Catholic as the most popula