Flounders provides an excellent description of the Empire's close ally in this Medieval kingdom of Saudia Arabia. Such reporting rarely makes it into the Empire's mainstream media. The only thing that is missing is the key role that this kingdom plays in the backing of petro-dollars which enables the US ruling class to create as much money as it wants.
Saudi Arabia is an absolute and brutal dictatorship. The country is named after the royal Saud family that has expropriated the country’s fabulous oil wealth, and treats it as a wholly owned family asset. Their control is maintained by massive state-organized repression. All forms of political dissent and social organization, from political parties to trade unions, are banned under pain of death.