How does the geography of the country explain this fact? The geographical location of a country influences all aspects of its people's lives – their lifestyle, what kind of work they do and what they enjoy doing in their free time, what places they like visiting, what food they cook and eat and even what clothes they wear, what they write about in their book and what legends they create. It forms their traditions and customs - their culture. The British people are great travellers. They travelled the world and settled on all continents - in America, Asia, New Zeland, Australia and Africa.