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Is There a Correlation?
Oil prices are usually pretty fragile because one disruption messes up the whole system. Most oil in the world is located in a sketchy place as you alluded to earlier. In comparison, Norway was an advanced technocratic society with basic manufacturing and hydropower before they discovered oil. So when you have crude, it doesn't necessarily make you a failed state.