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'''The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''' (''al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya'', '''المملكة العربية السعودية''', also '''Saudi Arabia''' or '''KSA''') is a large country on the Arabian peninsula. Ruled by ''[[The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud]]'', The country is one of the few absolute monarchies left in the world. [[Shari'a]] (Islamic jurisprudence) is the official law of the Kingdom. The Kingdom was first declared on 8 January 1926 by [[Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud]], and was brought together on 22 September 1932.
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'''The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''' (''al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya'', '''المملكة العربية السعودية''', also '''Saudi Arabia''' or '''KSA''') is a large country on the Arabian peninsula. Ruled by The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King [[Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud]], The country is one of the few absolute monarchies left in the world. [[Shari'a]] (Islamic jurisprudence) is the official law of the Kingdom. The Kingdom was first declared on 8 January 1926 by [[Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud]], and was brought together on 22 September 1932.
    
Saudi Arabia is mostly a desert country, but it is rich in [[oil]] and date palms.  Desalination plants have made the kingdom a major exporter of wheat.  Foreign workers are plentiful and the citizens enjoy a number of socialized gifts.  The kingdom is also ruled with an iron fist. People will get their hands chopped off for stealing, alcohol is illegal, and women are not allowed to drive. Despite Saudi Arabia's repuation for being one of the most oppressive governments in the world, the United States maintains a close relationship with them and they are one of America's biggest allies in the Middle East after Israel<ref>http://www.cfr.org/publication/10728/</ref>.
 
Saudi Arabia is mostly a desert country, but it is rich in [[oil]] and date palms.  Desalination plants have made the kingdom a major exporter of wheat.  Foreign workers are plentiful and the citizens enjoy a number of socialized gifts.  The kingdom is also ruled with an iron fist. People will get their hands chopped off for stealing, alcohol is illegal, and women are not allowed to drive. Despite Saudi Arabia's repuation for being one of the most oppressive governments in the world, the United States maintains a close relationship with them and they are one of America's biggest allies in the Middle East after Israel<ref>http://www.cfr.org/publication/10728/</ref>.
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