From Disgraced Crown Prince to Oil Emperor

The eleventh and most inconspicuous prince of the Middle Eastern royal family, the last in the succession to the throne, was exiled to a border town for ten years. When oil prices plummeted in 2015, he took advantage of the situation - taking down American consortiums, playing tricks on Russian oil tycoons, wooing Chinese infrastructure, and alienating Israeli intelligence. He used his marriage as a bargaining chip to carve his way through the cracks between major powers. Oil is the weapon and royal power is the end.