[quote=@Milkman]
Two reasons. First of all I did not want to create a super large nation. Second reason is that I have in game ideas to aquire saudi-arabia. But with 4 nations declaring war on me I did not had the opertunity to start influencing SA :)
[/quote]Meh, you could've got that area along with the rest during WW3.
As Nerevarine said, a Muslim super state without Mecca is seriously strange.
Funny how I never realized this.

Look at UK or France. They have huge outbounding territories that are almost like colonies.
In comparison you possessing Saudi Arabia wouldn't be an issue.