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Comment by eudox

It gets worse,

>90 percent of government revenues are from oil; 70 percent of working Saudis are employed by the government

I don't think they've worked out the problem of stable succession either, given that every change in King has been from a brother to another[0], rather than to a son.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Saudi_Arabia#Kings_of_...

parent eudox 10 years ago

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