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The oil industry significantly impacts the entire region, both through the wealth that it generates and through the movement of labor. As of 2007, according to the CIA World Factbook, all nations in the Middle East are maintaining a positive rate of growth. > Middle East has a rising economy.
However, the Middle Eastern economies range from being very poor (such as Gaza, Yemen and Afghanistan) to extremely wealthy nations (such as Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia) > Wide disparity in the living standard of the countries in Middle East.
Iran:
Theocracy guided by an Islamist ideology > successful as it has many more departments Syria: One-party state, or a state governed by an absolute monarchy or dictatorship > no freedom of speech (plus lack of human rights) 2011-2012 Syrian Uprising