Forbes: “it holds 65% of the world’s total arable land, 30% of the world’s mineral reserves, 8% of the world’s natural gas and 12% of the world’s oil reserves.” That includes “40% of the world’s gold” and the “largest reserves of diamonds, cobalt, platinum and uranium” on the planet. Compound that with a population of 1.4 billion people, with many people soon entering the workforce (the median age is 19)"