After the formation of the new state of the United Arab Emirates on December 2, 1971, not everything went so smoothly.
The Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah joined the UAE in February 1972 after an unsuccessful confrontation with Iran over the islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunbs. Later, during the 70s, the emirate made repeated attempts to secede from the federation.
Saudi Arabia did not accept the new UAE state for a long time due to territorial disputes over the Al Burami oil oasis and a number of islands. Only in 1974, after negotiations in the capital of the UAE, Saudi Arabia recognized the rights of the UAE and Oman to the Al Burami oasis, it received the territory of Sabha Bita, a number of islands and the right to build a road and an oil pipeline to the coast of the Persian Gulf.
In addition, the rivalry in political beliefs between the rulers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai did not cool down. The Sheikh of Abu Dhabi and President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan sought to strengthen the federalism of the state, while the Sheikh of Dubai and Vice President Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum was inclined towards the independence of each Emirate. In addition, members of the Al Maktoum family (the ruling family of Dubai) occupied most of the key positions in the first cabinet (posts of Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Economy, Finance, Industry). Thanks to correct actions ruler of the UAE, by the end of the 70s, the political course of Sheikh Zayed, aimed at centralizing power and strengthening the federalism of the state, yielded results: the UAE armed forces were unified, the police, security, immigration and information agencies were transferred to the jurisdiction of the central government.
Another alarming event was the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), which shook the stability of the UAE. The rulers of some emirates supported Iraq, others supported Iran. The peak of contradictions between the emirates came in 1978, when a struggle for power began in Sharjah: Abdul Aziz Al Qasimi tried to take power from his brother, the ruling Sheikh Sultan ibn Mohammed Al Qasimi. Abdel Aziz received support from Sheikh Zayed. Conflict situation was resolved only after a meeting of the Supreme Council of Rulers, according to which the power of Sheikh Sultan was restored.
The UAE took part in the Gulf War (1990-1991). A US-led multinational force liberated Kuwait from Iraqi invaders. The UAE authorities allocated $6.5 billion for the military campaign and sent their armored units, warships and aircraft to the battlefields. This war is known for its unprecedented scale of use of air power and Operation Desert Storm (which was made into a film of the same name in 1999). The US and UK used Emirati ports during the war. The war in the Persian Gulf contributed to an increase in spending on the country's armaments, the expansion of international contacts of the UAE, and a number of agreements on military cooperation were signed with the United States and France.
By the end of the 90s, territorial issues with Oman, Qatar and Iran were resolved. The events of September 11, 2001 forced the UAE to sever diplomatic relations with the Taliban (despite the fact that the UAE recognized the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in 1997). The accounts of 62 organizations and individuals suspected by US authorities of terrorist activities were frozen. During the Iraq War of 2003, US troops were stationed in the UAE, and the Emirati authorities provided humanitarian assistance to the population of Iraq after the end of the war.
On November 2, 2004, the first President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, passed away and was succeeded by his eldest son, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is the ruler of the UAE to this day.
On January 4, 2006, another important political figure UAE - Sheikh of Dubai Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He was replaced in his post by his younger brother, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. He is currently the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai. A true favorite of the people, Sheikh Mohammed has established himself as a modern and democratic ruler, poet, athlete and continuator of his brother's political course.
United Arab Emirates.
The name of the state is determined by the name of the administrative-territorial units that form the federation.
Capital of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi.
United Arab Emirates area. According to various calculations, the territory of the state occupies 77,830 km2 and 83,600 km2 (this is due to the fact that some sections of the borders passing along are not clearly marked).
Population of the United Arab Emirates. 2407 thousand people
Location of the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is a state in Western, southeast. In the north it is washed by the waters of the Persian Gulf, in the east it borders with the Sultanate, in the south - with, and in the west - with. Much of the country is a barren but oil-rich desert.
Administrative divisions of the United Arab Emirates. The federation of the United Arab Emirates includes 7 emirates: Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Al-Fujairah, which used to be small settlements on the shores of the Persian Gulf.
Form of government of the United Arab Emirates. Federation of 7 subjects with a monarchical form of government.
Head of State of the UAE. President, elected for a term of 5 years.
Supreme body state power United Arab Emirates. Supreme Council of Emirs.
Supreme advisory body of the United Arab Emirates. Federal National Council.
Supreme executive body of the United Arab Emirates. Council of Ministers.
Major cities of the United Arab Emirates. Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.
Official language of the United Arab Emirates. Arab.
Religion of the United Arab Emirates. The majority of the population professes.
Ethnic composition United Arab Emirates. 90% are Arabs, 6% are Indians.
Currency of the United Arab Emirates. Dirham = 100 fils.
and lakes of the United Arab Emirates. There are no permanent rivers.
Sights of the United Arab Emirates. Art Nouveau architecture, exhibition, Kornici shipyard, famous oriental bazaars, duty-free shops. Ancient history emirates is reflected in numerous archaeological monuments. In each of the capitals of the emirates there are palaces of rulers and old fortresses. Tourists are attracted by the ocean coast, which is especially beautiful in Fujairah.
Useful information for tourists
Women's clothing should be loose, and men should be greeted with a slight bow without shaking hands. Married women cannot be taken by hand.
It is not customary to enter an Arab's house wearing shoes. If the owner walks ahead of you and comes in wearing shoes, then this ban is lifted.
Arabs remember grievances for a long time. Revenge has been elevated to the level of art. Revenge may follow in a few decades.
Food and drinks should be given and taken with the right hand. If there are no forks, you should rinse your right hand with water and take food with a pinch.
You cannot pass in front of those praying. During Ramadan, never eat, drink, smoke or chew. chewing gum on the streets and in in public places before sunset. Ramadan is the month of Muslim fasting, and disrespect for traditions can result in fines and even imprisonment.
In a Muslim country, it is necessary to establish mutual understanding with your partner. The meeting begins with a handshake, but at the same time you must look your partner in the eyes. When greeting, you cannot hold a cigarette in your other hand or your hand in your pocket. The conversation begins with questions about the well-being and health of family members. The citizens of this country are in no hurry and do not like to take risks. Entrepreneurs speak excellent English, and business documentation is prepared in the same language.
The head of state is the president. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected President of the UAE on 3 November 2004, following the death of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who held the post from the founding of the state on 2 December 1971 until his death on 2 November 2004. The UAE Supreme Council meets once every five years to confirm the powers of the existing UAE President or elect a new one.
Term of elected office vice president also five years. The position is currently held by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who was elected to it following the death of his brother, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in early 2006.
Federal system government controlled includes:
In addition, each of the seven emirates of the UAE has own local government, the complexity of its structure varies from emirate to emirate depending on its size and population. Each local government should general scheme combinations of municipalities and departments. Relations between federal and local authorities fixed in UAE Constitution, and allow a greater degree of flexibility in the distribution of authority.
Majlises (traditional governments), still play an important role in the governance of the UAE, providing citizens with easy access to their rulers.
In carrying out foreign policy The UAE Federal Government, which has jurisdiction over it, is guided by a set of principles, including a deep belief in the importance of respect for the principles of fairness in relations between states, non-interference in the internal affairs of other states and, whenever possible, the peaceful settlement of disputes, as well as support for international institutions, such as the United Nations.
Officially, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Commander-in-Chief of the UAE Armed Forces.
In fact, the Emir of Abu Dhabi, the President of the UAE.
Third son of Sheikh Zayed. An interesting point is that he and Khalifa are half-brothers. Khalifa was born to his first wife, Hassa bint Mohammed ibn Khalifa. Sheikh Mohammed ibn Zayed was born to his third wife, Fatima bint Mubarak Al-Ketbi.
Sheikhin Fatima bint-Mubarak Al-Ketbi had only 6 sons: Muhammad, Hamdan, Hazza, Tanun, Mansur and Abdula. They are called “Bani Fatima” or “sons of Fatima”, they form the most influential bloc in the Al-Nahyan family.
Fatima's sons have always been influential; some political scientists even assign them a leading role in the changes in Abu Dhabi that have occurred since 2004. They received full power only in 2014, when Sheikh Khalifa suffered a stroke. Now it is difficult to say whether the vector of their domestic and foreign policies will change. Wait and see.
Mohammed ibn Zayed studied at school in Al Ain, then in Abu Dhabi. Entered Sandhurst Academy (UK) in 1979. Trained in military skills of helicopter piloting, driving armored vehicles, and parachute jumping. After returning from England, he underwent military training in Sharjah and became an officer in the UAE Armed Forces.
He was an officer in the Amiri Guards (an elite unit), a pilot in the UAE Air Force, and eventually became the Commander-in-Chief of the UAE Armed Forces.
In 2003, he was proclaimed the second Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. After the death of his father on November 2, 2004, he became crown prince. Since December 2004, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, member of the Supreme Petroleum Council.
For now, world leaders and political scientists are keeping an eye on Sheikh Mohammed. He is known to believe that the UAE should play a much larger role in world politics. He loves falconry, like his father. He is interested in poetry and writes poetry himself in the Nabati style.
Third wife of Sheikh Zayed, mother of six of his sons, including Crown Prince Mohammed (de facto ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE).
This woman played a large role in UAE politics during the reign of her husband Sheikh Zayed, and remains very influential to this day. She is called “Mother of the Nation”.
The exact date of her birth is unknown. She was probably born in the mid-40s in . In the 60s she married Zaid Al-Nahyan, becoming his third wife.
In 1973, she founded the Abu Dhabi Women's Awakening Society, the first women's public organization in the UAE. In 1975, she created and headed the UAE Women's Main Union. The main area of interest of these organizations was education, because at that time girls in the UAE did not study at all. In 2004, Fatima facilitated the appointment of the first female minister.
Now she still heads the Main Women's Union, the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the Family Development Foundation and several other organizations. And this despite his advanced age! Naturally, Fatima has a gigantic influence on the policies of Sheikh Mohammed and the affairs of Bani Fatima.
The Emirate of Dubai is ruled by the Al Muktoum family.
Ruling Emir (officially since January 4, 2006, actually since January 3, 1995), Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE since February 11, 2006.
Sheikh Mohammed is called “The Architect of Modern Dubai”. He is a very well-rounded man and is now the most famous leader in the UAE.
Mohammed became the third son of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid ibn Saeed Al-Muktum. His mother Lafita was the daughter of the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Hamadan ibn Zayed Al Nahyan. As a child, Muhammad received both secular and traditional Islamic education. In 1966 (at the age of 18) he studied in the UK at the Mons Cadet Corps and in Italy to become a pilot.
In 1968, Mohammed attended his father's meeting with Sheikh Zayed at Argub al-Sedira, where the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi agreed on the imminent creation of the UAE. After the formation of the UAE, he was Minister of Defense and head of the Dubai Police.
On October 7, 1990, Muhammad's father and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid ibn Said, died. Power passed to the eldest son, Sheikh Muktum ibn Rashid, who was very fond of equestrian sports and was an excellent athlete, but was not drawn to politics and management.
On January 4, 1995, Muktum ibn Rashid appoints Mohammed as crown prince and, in fact, transfers power to him in the emirate of Dubai. On January 4, 2006, Muktum ibn Rashid died of heart attack, Mohammed ibn Rashid becomes the official ruler of Dubai.
The list of achievements of Muhammad ibn Rashid is enormous. He diversified the economy of Dubai, now oil revenues account for only 4% of the emirate’s GDP, Dubai has become a shopping “mecca”, second only to London, the largest trading and financial center.
With his support or on his initiative, the following were created: Burj Al Arab, Emirates airline, the artificial islands of Palm and World, the world's largest artificial harbor of Jebel Ali, the Dubai Internet City zone and hundreds of other projects.
He became famous for his raids on enterprises, where he personally checked whether employees were in their places and fired those who were absent. Sheikh Mohammed ibn Rashid is famous for his intolerance of corruption; during his rule, hundreds of officials caught in bribes and using their positions for personal gain were sent to prison.
Now (note: the article was written at the end of 2017) he is already 68 years old, but he is full of energy and is successfully implementing his Dubai development plan until 2021. He recently took part in the Arab Strategic Forum, and you can't tell he's 68.
The first president of the UAE and the most outstanding personality of the Arab world of the twentieth century. The name of the sheikh is included in the Guinness Book of Records as the person who refused, when he was the ruler of a poor tribe, the largest bribe ever recorded in the world, equivalent at modern market rates to approximately 500 million dollars.
In his youth he led the nomadic life of a Bedouin. The political will of the uneducated European but enlightened leader was directed in the interests of all Bedouin tribes. The foundation of his transformations was: the creation of modern infrastructure, openness to the world, enlightenment and education of local Arabs. Under the leadership of the Sheikh, the Arabian Bedouins made a fantastic journey from a tribal way of life to one of the richest states in the world and to an economic model absorbed the most modern achievements of world civilization. A nation was formed from tribes that had been warring in the past on the basis of the consolidation of people and power. The changes seem so incredible that many people imagine the fairy tales of Scheherazade.
Sheikh Zayed managed to convince the people of the emirates and other ruling families to unite into a federation, which was not easy. The sheikhs of other emirates were suspicious and skeptical, since the federation weakened their personal power. After Herculean efforts on the part of Sheikh Zayed, the United Arab Emirates was founded on December 2, 1971. They included seven emirates of the Trucial State with the exception of Bahrain and Qatar, which declared independence after the withdrawal of British troops. The ministers of the first federal government were little more than thirty years old. They had to wage a difficult struggle with remnants, since the population with its problems was accustomed to turning to tribal leaders, and not to official bureaucratic government agencies. Particularly great difficulties arose with the need to secure the loyalty of the nomadic tribes of the desert, whom religion and culture called upon to serve only two forces - Allah and the leader of the tribe. In addition, although the emirates were located at short distances from each other, information isolation before the unification was complete.
The United Arab Emirates includes:
Emirate of Abu Dhabi(the largest), oil reserves will last for another hundred years,
Emirate of Dubai, economic capital of the UAE and the Middle East,
Emirate of Sharjah, the cultural capital of the UAE.
Emirate of Ajman(the smallest, 230 thousand inhabitants).
Emirate of Fujairah(on the Indian Ocean coast).
Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
Emirate of Umm Al Quwain
Sheikh Zayed had to make enormous efforts to move the people from tribal dependence to faith in a new state, when neighbors were not potential enemies, but became compatriots. For the nomadic Bedouins who did not want to settle in cities, houses, mosques and shops were built on their lands, and plots were allocated for farming. With government support, cooperatives were created to purchase and sell Bedouin products. As a result, the trust of the Bedouins in new system government
Electricity was introduced in 1967, and in 1972 simultaneously with America and Europe — Cell phones! New schools appeared, and many local children were sent at the expense of the Emirates to study abroad.
Sheikh Zayed began his reign with an unprecedented act of generosity and goodwill. He opened the palace treasury and distributed the money accumulated by Sheikh Shakhbut (elder brother) received by the emirate for oil. Evil tongues claimed that several million dollars stored in bags in the palace basements were destroyed by rodents. Every needy resident not only of Abu Dhabi, but also of other emirates included in the Treaty States could receive money. In the capital of the emirate, “barasti” huts were demolished, for which the state issued a generous monetary compensation, on which it was possible to build modern housing and open a new business. In addition, the sheikh provided each resident with three or four plots of land free of charge - for the construction of a residential building, for the construction of a commercial building in the business center of the city, and for the construction of a workshop or other production facility in an industrial zone. Villagers received free plots of land and everything necessary for their cultivation, including equipment, pumps and irrigation structures . In accordance with the decree of the established government, no contract could be awarded to a foreign company without the sponsorship of an Abu Dhabi citizen. At the same time, preference was given to companies in which the majority of the capital belonged to local entrepreneurs in order to gain a foothold in the market. 
Naturally there were costs to such generosity. Many Bedouins are not used to owning and managing large sums of money. And while the majority spent money on building new houses, those who were not quick headed to car dealerships and bought expensive cars, which, in off-road conditions, quickly turned into scrap metal. It took time for the Bedouins to understand the importance of money and material possessions. But the belief that the oil wealth was shared among everyone and not appropriated by the ruling family has forever remained in the minds of the citizens of the Emirates.
There was not an alienation between the authorities and the people, but a rapprochement, which made it possible to launch the most effective resource of creative human energy.
The economic boom in the Emirates has created unprecedented conditions for foreign capital. However, the former metropolis, Great Britain, was unable to take advantage of this. London began to improve relations with Israel, which was perceived by most Arabs as trampling on the Palestinian problem. The Emirates began to boycott British products, and Japan took the leading place in imports, which began supplying the world's best SUVs and other products.
Why is an illiterate Bedouin historically short term created a nation and a prosperous state from warring tribes? Political will and enlightenment of spirit (attraction to honor and truth), self-sacrifice for the sake of selfless patriotism were aimed at the interests of all Bedouin tribes. The foundation of the transformation was the creation of modern infrastructure, openness to the world and education.
The government strategy of the United Arab Emirates consists of six fundamental pillars, divided into 21 chapters. These main parts look like this:
"Organization of permanent cooperation between federal and local authorities";
“Strengthening the regulatory role of ministries in developing tactics and improving the decision-making mechanism”;
“Increasing the efficiency of government agencies and increasing the level of services based on client needs”;
“Improving civil service rules and competence-oriented personnel, effective Emiratization and training of leaders";
“Increasing the powers of ministries to manage their activities in accordance with the needs of society and various associations”;
“Revision and modernization of legislation and regulations.”
The strategy, developed jointly by six ministerial groups comprising 16 ministries and various working groups, is the first of its kind in the UAE's history and reflects the government's efforts to address shortcomings and achieve superior results. 
The Gulf countries account for over 60% of the world's oil reserves in the Middle East, including 22.1% in Saudi Arabia, 11.1% for Iran, 9.7% for Iraq, 8.3% for Kuwait and 8.2% for the UAE.
The Emirates are among the ten richest countries in the world and have achieved unprecedented prosperity in an exceptionally short period of time. Even the richest America needed two hundred years and the previous experience of European civilization to achieve this. The Emirates have become the most prosperous state in the Persian Gulf and the Arab East and according to UNESCO - the safest country in the world to live. The Emirates have won the struggle for economic leadership in the Middle East. The functions of the region's economic capital moved from Beirut to Istanbul and finally to Dubai.
Residents of the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait live longer than their neighbors in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, according to a recent report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). International experts argue that this trend will continue in the long term.
Thanks to their developed healthcare and education infrastructure, both countries became leaders in the Middle East region in terms of life expectancy between 2005 and 2010. The average life expectancy in Kuwait was 77.6 years, in the United Arab Emirates - 77.4 years. In Bahrain, the average life expectancy for the specified period of time was 75.7 years, in Oman - 75.6 years, in Qatar - 75.5 years. The Emirates are also ahead of the United States in social benefits, energy consumption per capita and are closer in GDP level to per capita and the use of high technology. The world's second cyberport (Internet City) after Singapore was created here. 
Seven new wonders of the world have been created:
Internet City and cyberport,
space exploration and dinosaur park,
most tall skyscraper in the world,
the world's only seven-star hotel,
the world's first underwater hotel,
Palm Islands and Peace Islands,
ski resort.
The basis of the UAE economy is not only the production and export of crude oil and gas, but also international trade and tourism, transport (sea trade ports and international airports), construction (real estate), free economic zones and technopolises. In the most economically developed emirate of Dubai, only 7-9% of GDP is generated by oil. Therefore, it is not just about oil, but about a recognized national leader who was able to ignite the spark of creative activity of the indigenous citizens of the Emirates.
A number of new trends that have appeared in the economic policy of the UAE over recent years are aimed at liberalization, openness, and improvement of legislation in the economic sphere. further development industrial infrastructure. The priority in this strategy was no longer the modernization of the oil and gas complex, but the development of other industries - construction, trade, communications, banks and tourism. The results of a successful solution to this strategy are obvious.
Since the 1980s, revenues from Dubai's oil exports have not been invested in buying real estate abroad, but in the development of economically important infrastructure in Dubai itself. The largest trade port in the region, Jebel Ali, was built here, and since the early 80s, Dubai began to turn into a regional center information technologies and finance. The government of the emirate has created a state-of-the-art Dubai International Financial Center and liberalized the economy as much as possible, attracting foreign investors. Liberalization affected everything - trade, finance, real estate. As a result, Dubai has become a financial center for the entire Middle East - in last years International investment banks began to actively transfer financial transactions in this region from their offices in London to branches in Dubai. The country is turning into the main link between the transport arteries of the West and the East; significant oil revenues have become a serious guarantee of financial well-being and investment opportunities; The diversification of the country's economy ensures high budget revenues from trade and manufacturing industries.
Towards the end of the 20th century, Dubai decided to implement a new strategic initiative, the goal of which was unite and gather under one roof the best minds of our time, concentrate intellectual resources to solve priority problems. As a result of this, Dubai is now freed from trade and production dependence, refocusing primarily on different kinds service and maintenance of other people's businesses, which are attracted here by low taxes. In 2000, a promising project was implemented - Dubai Internet City - a business park for IT companies. Already in the first year of operation, leading players in the global information technology market began operating here. Among the 700 companies that operate here are Microsoft, Oracle, HP, IBM, Compaq, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson and Cisco, among others. The total amount of investment they made in initial stage, amounted to 700 million US dollars.
Literally a few months later, Dubai Media City was built. This project turned out to be even more successful: here, along with such world-famous companies as CNN, BBC, Reuters and Associated Press, Associated Press, Bertelsmann, CNN, CNBC, International Advertising Association (IAA), McGrawhill Platts, Sony hastened to move their offices and many leading news agencies in the Middle East. Currently, over 850 companies operate in Dubai Media City. In general, behind these two grandiose projects there was a very clear goal - to attract professionals to the region who would inspire new life into the country's economy, which would serve as a strong impetus towards its diversification.
The United Arab Emirates is conducting a successful experiment in combining rapid economic modernization, on the one hand, and the preservation of traditional ways of life and social structure, on the other. The consequence of this was an unusual for the Gulf region UAE's openness to the outside world- this is membership in all international organizations and the decision to join global standards in economic and humanitarian legislation, the development of tourism, internal political stability, and the absence of significant external threats. Since 1995, the UAE has been a member of the WTO. As the World Bank (WB) noted in its report, the UAE has the best foreign trade management policy among all countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The country's stock exchanges are regulated by the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority, as these markets strictly follow the principles International organization by commission valuable papers(IOSCO).
UAE Minister of Economy: “We have extremely low financial risks and low tariffs (approximately 5% for virtually all goods), no restrictions on the export of profits or capital, 44 double taxation agreements and 32 bilateral investment agreements.” Sheikh also noted that there is no political or social unrest in the country and no currency risk as the United Arab Emirates has become one of the top countries in the MENA region in Modi's Credit Assessment (AaC). 
In the Middle East, the most successful experience is the creation of the largest free economic zone in developing countries in the United Arab Emirates. Other countries in the region have failed to create an effective SEZ model. Currently, the UAE has 15 free economic zones in all seven Emirates.
The coordination of work and registration of participants is carried out by the Free Zone Administration (JAFZA). The cost of registration in the Zone depends on the type of license and ranges from 15 to 50 thousand US dollars. To register a subsidiary company, no initial capital is required, but to register a so-called “FEZ company” you must have an initial capital of 136 thousand US dollars.
Jebel Ali Free Zone, for example, provides the following preferences (benefits) for investors:
Possibility of creating a company with 100% foreign capital (ownership),
-benefits for mixed capital,
-exemption from all types of taxes for 50 years or more,
-absence of duties on import and export of goods and equipment,
- guarantees of free export (100% “repatriation”) of capital and all profits received;
- no currency restrictions,
-African-Asian consumer market with a capacity of more than one and a half billion people,
-absence of restrictions in hiring labor, while in general the UAE has introduced a rather strict immigration policy,
- no corporate taxes for 15 years,
-absence of general and personal income taxes,
-availability of the most modern means communications,
-cheap electricity for production and storage facilities,
-rental of modular offices and offices in multi-storey buildings with a central air conditioning system with individual climate control facilities, with connection to a fiber-optic network of high-speed digital communication lines,
-in offices, electricity, water and air conditioning are provided free of charge,
-availability of free space provided with infrastructure for the placement of industrial and other facilities,
-availability of ready-made modules for offices, production areas and warehouses,
-availability of residential premises for company employees and workforce accommodation and many others.
Social benefits for local Bedouin residents (UAE citizens):
Local residents do not pay for electricity, water and land.
-Local Bedouins getting married are provided with cottages on interest-free loans plus 119 thousand dollars,
-Bedouins receive loans at 2.5% per annum for a period of 30 years.
-Education is free, includes training in primary school(6-9 years old), high school(9-12 years old) and at 18 years old a certificate of education is awarded.
-University education for Bedouins is free, for foreigners - from 50 to 150 thousand dirhams (1 dollar - 3.65 dirhams). The most prestigious American university. The education of Bedouins abroad is paid for by the state.
-Many local Arabs prefer to serve in the civilian army (70% of the personnel), where the privates are paid a salary of 2 thousand dollars and are given 25 thousand dollars as compensation after completion of service. Therefore, many Arabs prefer the army to the university.
-Medical care is free. The operation is paid for for Bedouins in any country in the world.
-For the same work, Arabs receive 2 thousand dollars, and Indians receive 800 dollars.
-There are no beggars, the poverty index is not calculated.
Summary: To create prosperity, it is not enough to have large oil reserves, a sound policy of the national leader, an equal political and economic unification of subjects into a state is necessary, based on the principles, the meaning of which Russian thinkers (the ideologists of Russian federalism, undeservedly condemned by tsarism) tried to convey to their people back in the 19th century ), flexible economic policy, openness to the civilized world, moral and intellectual development of its citizens, attraction of global intellectual resources, as well as effective social policy in relation to the titular nation.
