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.

I have married friends that live there. One of the things the wife got asked was "do you feel safe there?" because of the perception of the Middle East as treating women horribly. She replied that she feels safer walking around Dubai than back in Germany.