[quote=@Willy Vereb]
<Snipped quote by Milkman>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.


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I do believe that the Ottomans IRL did not have control of Mecca, and they where basically a Caliphate. Not completely sure.