The circumstances during this period are believed to have led to many of the idiosyncrasies for which Costa Rica has become known, while concomitantly setting the stage for Costa Rica's development as a more egalitarian society than the rest of its neighbors.
Okolnosti u tom razdoblju dovele su do mnogih posebnosti zbog kojih je Kostarika postala poznata, dok se društvo istovremeno razvijalo više egalitarno od susjednih.