Officially the State of Qatar, is a country occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders only with Saudi Arabia to the south while the rest of its territory is surrounded by the Persian Gulf. Ruled by the House of Thani since Mohammed bin Thani signed a treaty with the British in 1868 recognizing its separate status. Following Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in the early 20th century gaining independence in 1971.

The country has the highest per capita income in the world, classified by the UN as a country of very high human development and is widely regarded as the most advanced Arab state for human development. Qatar is a high income economy backed by the world's third-largest natural gas and oil reserves.

For its size, Qatar wields disproportionate influence in the world, has been identified as middle power and is currently the subject of a diplomatic and economic embargo which begun in 2017 by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt because Qatar is reportedly supporting several rebel groups financially.

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