> it is a regime, and really, a nation, that is entirely predicated on petro-dollars There was a HN article[1] a few months ago, on the efforts to move Saudi A

> it is a regime, and really, a nation, that is entirely predicated on petro-dollars There was a HN article[1] a few months ago, on the efforts to move Saudi Arabia away from reliance on oil income. Although who can say how successful that effort will be. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11540776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11540776