Start scenario 1 January 2000 · SAU

Saudi Arabia

Oil exporter on the Gulf – dependent on open sea lanes.

Start as Saudi Arabia Absolute Monarchy
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GDP 2000
$190 bn
Rank 13 of 91
Population
16.2 m
Rank 21 of 91
Regions
9
30 Provinces
Area (map)
1,925,986 km²
Rank 3 of 91
Capital
Riad (Riad)
Form of government
Absolute Monarchy
Tax rate
30 %
Stability
61 %
Military spending
10.5 % BIP
Nuclear weapons
no
AI personality
balanced
Technologies researched at the start
29

Tax rate, stability, treasury and debt are derived estimates of the prototype (review_status: draft).

Alliances

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) · Economic Community · 6

Sources
  • World Bank, World Development Indicators, API v2 (https://api.worldbank.org/v2/), Lizenz CC BY 4.0
  • World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (API source 3), Lizenz CC BY 4.0
  • Startkasse, Schulden, Steuersatz, Stabilität: abgeleitete Prototyp-Schätzung (content/scenarios/2000/generation.yaml, review_status: draft)
  • Schuldenquote 86.7 % des BIP (2000): IWF World Economic Outlook, General government gross debt (GGXWDG_NGDP), % BIP, IMF DataMapper API (https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/api/v1/GGXWDG_NGDP), Abruf 2026-10-16 – Flächendeckende Startschulden (Kalibrierung 2026-10, docs/KALIBRIERUNG.md): Gesamtstaat statt World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS (Zentralstaat, fehlend oder veraltet); bisher 45,0 %
  • KI-Persönlichkeit: mechanische Regel aus Bündnis, Militärausgaben und WGI-Stabilität (content/scenarios/2000/generation.yaml, Spec 50 §4.11)