SAUDI ARABIA, A SIMPLIFIED LOOK If a guy named Jones had stumbled into Southern California a century ago because Spain gave him the area, subdued the local populace, and then called the place "Jones California"; then divvied up all the land, farms, ports, and so on among his extended family and then that family kept passing down the wealth to their families completely freezing out everybody else, you'd have what "Saudi" Arabia is today. A single family put in place by the Brits almost 100 years ago who own everything.

The Saud family was assisted in the subjugation of the locals by a religious cult known as the Wahabi. So that's where it's at. The Saud family is hated by everybody and it is just a question of time until they are killed, most likely by the Wahabi faction they allowed to flower within "their" country.

That's it. Could just as easily be "Jones" Arabia.

Time for a big time reality check because the Saud family is on the ropes. They cannot survive another twenty years. There is a story in the LA Times HERE but if you have to register to read it, don't bother because their "registration" is simply a survey that will leave you open to every spam, telemarketing scam, and junk mail drop off point in the country. Pick it up later from somewhere else.