Saudi Arabia building $500 billion desert city for when Oil runs out

I believe they are transitioning to a hookah based society.

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Considering how much of a mess it is over there

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Don’t get Saudi Arabia confused with Syria

This is quite literally how the Matrix starts in the extended universe. They build a massive city in the Saudi Arabian desert and flourish, which makes the rest of humanity attack them fearing their power.

Great idea. As they cut each others heads off, it'll mean less energy requirements. Given how lazy they are and how dependent they are on nationals from other countries to actually do work, it should turn into Hunger Games in about 30 days after it's opened.

They had the golden opportunity to build the world's best universities, hospitals, etc and attract the world's best and brightest. Instead they built stupid things that won't last when the oil runs out.