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Doha,Qatar declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1971. Large oil and gas reserves poured billions of dollars into the new economy, so much so that Forbes Magazine quickly named Qatar the world’s richest nation. Doha was named its own municipality in 1963, and has since grown in size and now houses a million residents.The city is so powerful that they managed to *cough* convince the corrupt weasels at FIFA to award them the 2022 World Cup, despite being located in a desert, with the average high temperature being over 100 degrees Fahrenheit from May until September. Not really a friendly environment for high-level soccer.
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Doha,Qatar declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1971. Large oil and gas reserves poured billions of dollars into the new economy, so much so that Forbes Magazine quickly named Qatar the world’s richest nation. Doha was named its own municipality in 1963, and has since grown in size and now houses a million residents.The city is so powerful that they managed to *cough* convince the corrupt weasels at FIFA to award them the 2022 World Cup, despite being located in a desert, with the average high temperature being over 100 degrees Fahrenheit from May until September. Not really a friendly environment for high-level soccer.