Bahrain. capital: Manama
It’s a constitutional monarchy with a GDP of $31.82 billion Oil comprises 86% of Bahraini budget revenues, with other major economic activities in the production of aluminum. Bahrain's second biggest export after oil - finance, and construction. Its in the Middle East (No really!), An archipelago in the Persian Gulf, just east of central Saudi Arabia with 161 km of coastline and in total area is 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC Population: 1,378,904 (July 2016 est.) Note: immigrants make up approximately 50% of the total population Bahraini 46%, Asian 45.5%, other Arab 4.7%, African 1.6%, European 1%, other 1.2% The Story so far... The Trump administration is approving a multi-billion dollar deal of arms, specifically Fighter Jets, to the Bahraini government. This is done without any conditions towards reform of human rights for the small country. The Obama administration would often add similar conditions when conducting deals of this nature. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-teams-deal-with-bahrain-could-ignore-its-human-rights-abuses/2017/02/19/f5e4737c-f543-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?utm_term=.2f19cd0156ec
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