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{{Infobox country|name=Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|native_name=ٱلْمَمْلَكَة ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة ٱلسُّعُوْدِيَّة|image_flag=Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Absolute [[monarchy]]|leader_title1=King|leader_title2=Crown Prince|leader_name1=[[Salman bin Abdulaziz]]|leader_name2=[[Mohammed bin Salman]]|population_census=32,175,224|population_census_year=2022|image_coat=Emblem of Saudi Arabia.svg|capital=[[Riyadh]]|largest_city=[[Riyadh]]|image_map=Saudi Arabia map.png|map_width=290|official_languages=Arabic|religion=[[Islam]]|area_km2=2,149,690}}'''Saudi Arabia''', officially the '''Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''', is a [[United States of America|US]]-backed absolute monarchy in [[Western Asia]]. In its war against [[Republic of Yemen|Yemen]], it has killed or injured over 18,000 civilians.<ref>{{News citation|date=2020-03-25|title=Five Years of Data on Saudi-led Air War|url=https://us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=1912a1b11cab332fa977d3a6a&id=e0562bce18|newspaper=Yemen Data Project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204223156/https://us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=1912a1b11cab332fa977d3a6a&id=e0562bce18|archive-date=2021-12-04|retrieved=2022-01-16}}</ref>
{{Infobox country|name=Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|native_name=ٱلْمَمْلَكَة ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة ٱلسُّعُوْدِيَّة|image_flag=Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Absolute monarchy|leader_title1=King|leader_title2=Crown Prince|leader_name1=[[Salman bin Abdulaziz]]|leader_name2=[[Mohammed bin Salman]]|population_estimate=34,218,169|population_estimate_year=2019|image_coat=Emblem of Saudi Arabia.svg|capital=[[Riyadh]]|largest_city=[[Riyadh]]|image_map=Saudi Arabia map.png|map_width=290|official_languages=Arabic|religion=[[Islam]]|area_km2=2,149,690}}'''Saudi Arabia''', officially the '''Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''', is a [[United States of America|US]]-backed absolute monarchy in [[Western Asia]]. In its war against [[Republic of Yemen|Yemen]], it has killed or injured over 18,000 civilians.<ref>{{News citation|date=2020-03-25|title=Five Years of Data on Saudi-led Air War|url=https://us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=1912a1b11cab332fa977d3a6a&id=e0562bce18|newspaper=Yemen Data Project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204223156/https://us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=1912a1b11cab332fa977d3a6a&id=e0562bce18|archive-date=2021-12-04|retrieved=2022-01-16}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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=== Post-unification ===
=== Post-unification ===
In 1933, Saudi Arabia signed concessions to US and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] oil companies.<ref name=":1222" />
In 1933, Saudi Arabia signed concessions to US and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] oil companies.<ref name=":1222" />
[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] made an alliance with Saudi Arabia. After [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi Germany]] surrendered in 1945, the USA continued building a military base in Dhahran.<ref name=":0222">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|chapter=Empire of Bases|page=260–1|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520972070|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref>


Crown Prince [[Faisal Al Saud|Faisal]] attended the 1955 [[Bandung Conference]]. Despite his opposition to [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]], Egypt defended Saudi Arabia against a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] invasion from [[Oman]], and Saudi Arabia lent money to Egypt during the [[Suez Crisis]].<ref name=":1222" />
Crown Prince [[Faisal Al Saud|Faisal]] attended the 1955 [[Bandung Conference]]. Despite his opposition to [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]], Egypt defended Saudi Arabia against a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] invasion from [[Oman]], and Saudi Arabia lent money to Egypt during the [[Suez Crisis]].<ref name=":1222" />
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