Network States

The UAE deserves more study.

It is technocapitalist.
And a top location for global investors.

It’s truly a nation of immigrants.
Less than 15% Emirati, >85% foreign.

It’s in hypergrowth.
From 75k to ~10M people in 75 years.

It’s like a Mars colony.
Built a metropolis from nothing. 

Very impressive place.

Their first realization of this was Emirates and building it out of from scratch into the industry standard. Then piggybacking on that to bring talent into the city. Great story.