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- noun A
state whosewealth stems from the sale ofoil .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Alberta is sort of like the Alaska of Canada — an unusually right-wing petrostate where things like working relentlessly to doom the planet to ecological catastrophe are considered worthy of high praise.
Matthew Yglesias » Bush Forced to Buckrake in Canada Since All Real Americans Despite Him 2009
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On March 7, 2004, he was arrested in Malabo, the capital of the African petrostate Equatorial Guinea, having been caught in flagrante trying to overthrow the country's dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Combat Junkies Graeme Wood 2011
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Alaska is basically a petrostate — to the extent oil prices rise, it benefits.
Think Progress » Chris Wallace Calls The Perpetually Wrong Bill Kristol An ‘Expert’ On Iraq 2010
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The wealth inequality in America today is unprecedented, approaching that of a banana republic or petrostate.
Stuart Whatley: Financial Reform Won't Alter Capitalism's Icarus Trajectory 2010
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PLUS: RIP Ted Stevens, architect of the Alaskan petrostate ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: August 12, 2010 (Audio) 2010
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PLUS: RIP Ted Stevens, architect of the Alaskan petrostate ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: August 12, 2010 (Audio) 2010
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PLUS: RIP Ted Stevens, architect of the Alaskan petrostate ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: Green News Report: August 12, 2010 (Audio) Brad Friedman 2010
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As a long-term member of the Pickens 'Plan, I am well aware of the arguments to get off the petrostate teat.
Community Board Meeting over Drilling the Marcellus Shale for NG 2009
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Deploying the massive resources at the disposal of Venezuela's cash-flush petrostate, he's taking no chances and sparing no expense.
Francisco Toro: Chavez's All Out Push to be President for Life 2009
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In addition to the natural advantages of incumbency, Chávez's perpetual re-election bids would leverage the full might of the Venezuelan petrostate, just as the Si-camp has: a massive built-in advantage that makes Simón Bolívar's 190 year old warning urgently relevant today.
Francisco Toro: Chavez's All Out Push to be President for Life 2009
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