What are you? Canadian?

yeah

Joking aside

hell no.

I sometimes seriously wonder about the world.

See the world man. Meet people.

But yeah, I also worry bout the oil nations. What happens when they run out.

Dubai and the UAE are working on that

Trying to redevelop themselves as the ultimate tourist spot

Dubai is so odd.

Tax haven too

We have brunei here.

Real generous welfare.

Jordan is heavily westernizing

I,heard the opposite for jordan

Jordan also had king badass in charge for a while lol

He had an amazing pr campaign.

Jordan was bad for a while, yeah, but ever since the current King is in charge, they've been heavily working on modernizing

The guy's an avowed Star Trek fan, and has even cameo'd on Voyager, so.

Ah so hes still around the?

He gave a really good speech too

Well jordan is in,good hands for now.

Goodish.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/9/96/USS_Voyager_sciences_lieutenant_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080526225048&path-prefix=en

Of those in the region it is going alot better then say turkey.

Well still better than the other shitholes they call countries neighbouring it.

He's also trying to get rid of royal powers faster than the government is willing to take them from him

No, not kidding

The only issue with that is alot of these nations often just give up democracy for islamic rule

So he wants democracy then? Sounds a little funny actually. In a good way.

Well like iran I guess?

Iran is a prime example yeah

'Abdullah, a constitutional monarch, embarked on neoliberal economic policies when he assumed the throne, and his reforms led to an economic boom which continued until 2008. During the following years Jordan's economy experienced hardship as it dealt with the effects of the Great Recession and spillover from the Arab Spring, including a cut in its petroleum supply and the collapse of trade with neighboring countries. In 2011, large-scale protests demanding reform erupted in the Arab world. Many of the protests led to civil wars in other countries, but Abdullah responded quickly to domestic unrest by replacing the government and introducing reforms. Proportional representation was reintroduced to the Jordanian parliament in the 2016 general election, a move which he said would eventually lead to establishing parliamentary governments. Although some local opposition groups called his reforms inadequate, other observers praised them. They took place amid unprecedented regional instability: an influx of 1.4 million Syrian refugees into the natural resources-lacking country and the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Abdullah is popular locally and internationally for maintaining Jordanian stability, and is known for promoting interfaith dialogue and a moderate understanding of Islam. The third-longest-serving Arab leader, he is regarded by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center as the most influential Muslim in the world.[1] Abdullah is custodian of the Muslim and Christian sacred sites in Jerusalem, a position held by his dynasty since 1924.[2]'

A king trying to undermine himself for the sake of the nation.

Honestly, NATO should be heavily investing into Jordan rather than Saudi

Oil

Gobs and gobs of oil.

Yeah, true