Saudi Arabia (Yellowstone: 1936)

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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia المملكة العربية السعودية Al-Mamlakah al-‘Arabiyyah as-Su‘ūdiyyahSaudi Arabia Timeline: Yellowstone: 1936 OTL equivalent: Saudi Arabia
Coat of arms
Motto:  لا إله إلا الله، محمد رسول الله "Lā ʾilāha ʾillā l–lāh, Muḥammadun rasūlu l–lāh" "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God."
Anthem:  Anthem: السلام الملكي (as an instrumental) "as-Salām al-Malakiyy" The Royal Salute
Location of Saudi Arabia (Yellowstone: 1936) Map of the Saudi Arabia
Capital		Riyadh
Official languages		Arabic
Ethnic groups		Arabs, Afro-Arab
Demonym		Saudi Arabian Saudi (informal)
Religion		Islam
Government		Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy
-	King
-	Crown Prince
Currency		Saudi riyal

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, also known simply as Saudi Arabia is an Arab state located on the Arabian Peninsula. It is the largest Arab state in Western Asia by land area, at approximately 2,150,000 sq km (830,000 sq mi), making the majority of the Arabian Peninsula and much of the Arab world. Saudi Arabia's capital is the city of Riyadh, and has a unitary Islamic absolute monarchy system of government.

History

Pre-Eruption

See: Pre-Eruption History of Saudi Arabia

On 20 May 1927 the Treaty of Jeddah was signed by the United Kingdom, recognizing the independence of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Najd, ruled by Abdul-Aziz. Many of the Ikhwan leaders wanted to continue the expansion of the Wahhabist realm into the British protectorates of Transjordan, Iraq, and Kuwait following conquest of Hedjaz. Recognizing the danger of direct conflict with the British, the Abdul-Aziz refused to agree to this. The Ikhwan therefore revolted but were defeated in the Battle of Sabilla in 1930,and the Ikhwan leadership were massacred.

The nation of Saudi Arabia was created in 1933 following the union of the two kingdoms of the Hejaz and Najd. The new nation created boundaries with Transjordan, Iraq, and Kuwait through a series of treaties negotiated in the 1920’s, with two neutral zones created with Iraq and Kuwait. The country's southern boundary with Yemen was partially defined by the 1934 Treaty of Ta'if, which ended a brief border war between the two states.