Thread: TABLE A (Munny Model)

Information Links:
Some GDP figures were culled from this link other sources will estimate higher or lower GDPs for each country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_gdp
http://www.energyinst.org.uk/education/natural/3.htm
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic (All currency values were checked Pre Israel Hezbollah war.)
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Kuwait: 1 KDinar = 3.4 USD
Land Mass: 17,818 square kilometers
Population: 2.274 million
Government Type: Constitutional monarchy (stable)
GDP: $48 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 13,300 oil reserves in million tonnes. Runs 2.0 million barrels per day (mbd) capacity is 2.5 mbd. Ships oil and refinined material.
Agriculture and livestock do not play a significant role in the economy of Kuwait as it is a very arid nation with a shortage of fresh water.
OPEC Member

Bahrain: 1 Bahrain Dinars = 2.7 USD
Land Mass: 711.9 square kilometers (among 36 islands)
Population: 700,000
Government Type: Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $13.01 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Dwindling oil reserves but now has a thriving oil refinary industry. Is a model of modern developement in the Middle East. Has a strong tourism economy.

Oman: 1 ORial = 2.6 USD
Land Mass: 300,000 square kilometers
Population: 2,533,389
Government Type: Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $38.09 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 700 oil reserves in million tonnes.
Major exports include petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles. Very limited natural fresh water resources.

Jordan: 1 JDinar = 1.4 USD
Land Mass: 92,300 sq km
Population: 5,759,732
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $25.5 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Limited fresh water resources. Natural resources include phosphates, potash, shale oil.

Turkey: 1 New Lira = .74 USD
Land Mass:780,580 sq km
Population: 69,660,559
Government Type: Republican Parliamentary Democracy (stable)
GDP: $508.7 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower

Libya: 1 (LYD) = .73 USD
Land Mass: 1,759,540 sq km
Population: 5,765,563
Government Type: Military Dictatorship (stable)
GDP: $37.48 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 1/4 GDP is from oil. Petroleum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement, wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans; cattle. 3,900 oil reserves in million tonnes.
OPEC Member

Saudi Arabia: 1 SARiyal = .27 USD
Land Mass: 1,960,582 sq km
Population: 26,417,599
Government Type: Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $310.2 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 35,700 oil reserves in million tonnes. Natural resources include petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper. Severe lack of fresh water resources an extremely arid environment.
OPEC Member

Qatar: 1 QRiyal = .27 USD
Land Mass: 11,437 sq km
Population: 863,051
Government Type: Traditional Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $19.49 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Significant Oil and Natural Gas reserves third largest in the World. Limited natural fresh water resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities.
OPEC Member

UAE: 1 Dirham = .27 USD
Land Mass: 82,880 sq km
Population: 2,563,212
Government Type: Federation (stabe)
GDP: $63.67 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petrolium, Natural Gas. 2.5 million bbl/day A vital transit point for world crude oil. Lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; 12,700 oil reserves in million tonnes.
OPEC Member

Israel: 1 New Shekel = .22 USD
Land Mass: 20,770 sq km
Population: 6,276,883
Government Type: Parliamentary Democracy (stable)
GDP: $129 billion (2006 est.)
Assets:timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand

Egypt: 1 EPound = .17 USD
Land Mass: 1,001,450 sq km
Population: 77,505,756
Government Type: Republic (stable)
GDP: $316.3 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals. Strained water sources mostly the Nile River regions.

Afghanistan: 1 Afghanis = .023 USD
Land Mass: 647,500 sq km
Population: 29,928,987 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Islamic republic (semi-stable)
GDP: $21.5 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Land locked one of the lowest standard of living levels in the World. Poppy and opium cultivation may be equal to 1/3 of the national GDP. Fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems. Oil pipeline being built through Afghanistan.

India: 1 IRupees = .023 USD
Land Mass: 3,287,590 sq km
Population: 1,080,264,388 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Federal Republic (stable)
GDP: $3.319 trillion (2006 est.)
Assets: Textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures, software. 800 oil reserves in million tonnes.

Syria: 1 SYP = .019 USD
Land Mass: 185,180 sq km
Population: 18,448,752
Government Type: Republic under military regime since March 1963 (stable)
GDP: $60.44 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining. Agriculture. Water assets but may be pressured by large population growths.

Pakistan: 1 PRupee = .017 USD
Land Mass: 803,940 sq km
Population: 162,419,946
Government Type: Federal Republic (semi-stable)
GDP: $347.3 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs, textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp.

Yemen: 1 YER = .005 USD
Land Mass: 527,970 sq km
Population: 21,456,188 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Republic
GDP: $19.37 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west, grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish, very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

Sudan: 1SDinar = .004 USD
Land Mass: 2,505,810 sq km
Population: 40,187,486 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Authoritarian Regime (unstable)
GDP: $76.19 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower, cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock.

Lebanon: 1 LPound = .0007 USD
Land Mass: 10,400 sq km
Population: 3,826,018 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Republic (semi-stable)
GDP: $18.83 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Banking, food processing, jewelry, cement, textiles, mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil refining, metal fabricating.
Citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco; sheep, goats

Iraq: 1 IDinar = .0007 USD
Land Mass: 437,072 sq km
Population: 26,074,906
Government Type: The Iraqi Interim Government (IG) was appointed on 1 June 2004. Interim Government Constitutional Parlimentary (Federated) Democracy. (semi-stable)
GDP: In 2004, the Iraqi GDP was $25.5 billion. 2005 projections were $29.3 billion. $54.4 billion gdp (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur, large agricultural potentia (wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep, poultry). 13,400 oil reserves in million tonnes. 10% of potential reserves have been explored. IMF projections 2 to 2.5 mbpd for 2005-2006.
Before U.S.-led forces defeated Saddam Hussein, whose government also heavily subsidized gas prices for consumers, average annual oil production in Iraq was 2.5 million barrels per day. Iraq has large water sources many were dammed up and drained by the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
OPEC Member

Iran: 1 IRial = .0001 USD
Land Mass: 1.648 million sq km
Population: 68,017,860 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Theocratic Republic (semi-stable)
GDP: 516.7 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabrication, armaments, wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar. 12,000 oil reserves in million tonnes.
OPEC Member

And yet, for some reason, this character continues to visit all the dinar forums trying to shill his pet theories.

I really wish that this guy would get the hint and pipe down already.

Originally Posted by MunnyBaggs

Information Links:
Some GDP figures were culled from this link other sources will estimate higher or lower GDPs for each country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_gdp
http://www.energyinst.org.uk/education/natural/3.htm
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic (All currency values were checked Pre Israel Hezbollah war.)
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Kuwait: 1 KDinar = 3.4 USD
Land Mass: 17,818 square kilometers
Population: 2.274 million
Government Type: Constitutional monarchy (stable)
GDP: $48 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 13,300 oil reserves in million tonnes. Runs 2.0 million barrels per day (mbd) capacity is 2.5 mbd. Ships oil and refinined material.
Agriculture and livestock do not play a significant role in the economy of Kuwait as it is a very arid nation with a shortage of fresh water.
OPEC Member

Bahrain: 1 Bahrain Dinars = 2.7 USD
Land Mass: 711.9 square kilometers (among 36 islands)
Population: 700,000
Government Type: Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $13.01 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Dwindling oil reserves but now has a thriving oil refinary industry. Is a model of modern developement in the Middle East. Has a strong tourism economy.

Oman: 1 ORial = 2.6 USD
Land Mass: 300,000 square kilometers
Population: 2,533,389
Government Type: Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $38.09 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 700 oil reserves in million tonnes.
Major exports include petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles. Very limited natural fresh water resources.

Jordan: 1 JDinar = 1.4 USD
Land Mass: 92,300 sq km
Population: 5,759,732
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $25.5 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Limited fresh water resources. Natural resources include phosphates, potash, shale oil.

Turkey: 1 New Lira = .74 USD
Land Mass:780,580 sq km
Population: 69,660,559
Government Type: Republican Parliamentary Democracy (stable)
GDP: $508.7 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower

Libya: 1 (LYD) = .73 USD
Land Mass: 1,759,540 sq km
Population: 5,765,563
Government Type: Military Dictatorship (stable)
GDP: $37.48 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 1/4 GDP is from oil. Petroleum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement, wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans; cattle. 3,900 oil reserves in million tonnes.
OPEC Member

Saudi Arabia: 1 SARiyal = .27 USD
Land Mass: 1,960,582 sq km
Population: 26,417,599
Government Type: Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $310.2 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: 35,700 oil reserves in million tonnes. Natural resources include petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper. Severe lack of fresh water resources an extremely arid environment.
OPEC Member

Qatar: 1 QRiyal = .27 USD
Land Mass: 11,437 sq km
Population: 863,051
Government Type: Traditional Monarchy (stable)
GDP: $19.49 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Significant Oil and Natural Gas reserves third largest in the World. Limited natural fresh water resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities.
OPEC Member

UAE: 1 Dirham = .27 USD
Land Mass: 82,880 sq km
Population: 2,563,212
Government Type: Federation (stabe)
GDP: $63.67 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petrolium, Natural Gas. 2.5 million bbl/day A vital transit point for world crude oil. Lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; 12,700 oil reserves in million tonnes.
OPEC Member

Israel: 1 New Shekel = .22 USD
Land Mass: 20,770 sq km
Population: 6,276,883
Government Type: Parliamentary Democracy (stable)
GDP: $129 billion (2006 est.)
Assets:timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand

Egypt: 1 EPound = .17 USD
Land Mass: 1,001,450 sq km
Population: 77,505,756
Government Type: Republic (stable)
GDP: $316.3 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals. Strained water sources mostly the Nile River regions.

Afghanistan: 1 Afghanis = .023 USD
Land Mass: 647,500 sq km
Population: 29,928,987 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Islamic republic (semi-stable)
GDP: $21.5 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Land locked one of the lowest standard of living levels in the World. Poppy and opium cultivation may be equal to 1/3 of the national GDP. Fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems. Oil pipeline being built through Afghanistan.

India: 1 IRupees = .023 USD
Land Mass: 3,287,590 sq km
Population: 1,080,264,388 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Federal Republic (stable)
GDP: $3.319 trillion (2006 est.)
Assets: Textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures, software. 800 oil reserves in million tonnes.

Syria: 1 SYP = .019 USD
Land Mass: 185,180 sq km
Population: 18,448,752
Government Type: Republic under military regime since March 1963 (stable)
GDP: $60.44 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining. Agriculture. Water assets but may be pressured by large population growths.

Pakistan: 1 PRupee = .017 USD
Land Mass: 803,940 sq km
Population: 162,419,946
Government Type: Federal Republic (semi-stable)
GDP: $347.3 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs, textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp.

Yemen: 1 YER = .005 USD
Land Mass: 527,970 sq km
Population: 21,456,188 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Republic
GDP: $19.37 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west, grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish, very limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

Sudan: 1SDinar = .004 USD
Land Mass: 2,505,810 sq km
Population: 40,187,486 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Authoritarian Regime (unstable)
GDP: $76.19 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower, cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock.

Lebanon: 1 LPound = .0007 USD
Land Mass: 10,400 sq km
Population: 3,826,018 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Republic (semi-stable)
GDP: $18.83 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Banking, food processing, jewelry, cement, textiles, mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil refining, metal fabricating.
Citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco; sheep, goats

Iraq: 1 IDinar = .0007 USD
Land Mass: 437,072 sq km
Population: 26,074,906
Government Type: The Iraqi Interim Government (IG) was appointed on 1 June 2004. Interim Government Constitutional Parlimentary (Federated) Democracy. (semi-stable)
GDP: In 2004, the Iraqi GDP was $25.5 billion. 2005 projections were $29.3 billion. $54.4 billion gdp (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur, large agricultural potentia (wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep, poultry). 13,400 oil reserves in million tonnes. 10% of potential reserves have been explored. IMF projections 2 to 2.5 mbpd for 2005-2006.
Before U.S.-led forces defeated Saddam Hussein, whose government also heavily subsidized gas prices for consumers, average annual oil production in Iraq was 2.5 million barrels per day. Iraq has large water sources many were dammed up and drained by the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
OPEC Member

Iran: 1 IRial = .0001 USD
Land Mass: 1.648 million sq km
Population: 68,017,860 (July 2006 est.)
Government Type: Theocratic Republic (semi-stable)
GDP: 516.7 billion (2006 est.)
Assets: Petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabrication, armaments, wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar. 12,000 oil reserves in million tonnes.
OPEC Member

I Love me some Munny Model! You have always made very good points.Don't let them get you down Munnybaggs.

Originally Posted by Caddieman

I Love me some Munny Model! You have always made very good points.Don't let them get you down Munnybaggs.

Thanks, Caddie, believe me the negativity will never get me down. I am more positive about this investment than I was when I entered it over a year ago. I'm simply providing an alternative theory that still makes us all very wealthy. Those who hate it can very simply put me on ignore. Best of luck to even them and everyone involved.