I don’t know maybe you should figure it out yourself, it’s a short story. I’m sure that you're capable of reading a short story.
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy: citizens in Saudi Arabia have a very small chance to participate in the politics. Similarly in Iran, which is a theocracy.
Afghanistan in theoretically a democracy, but it still struggles with a successful implementation of it.
The correct answer is: Israel!
Respiration of carbon dioxide by plant roots can lead to the formation of carbonic acid which can chemically attack rocks and sediments and help to turn them into soils. There are a whole range of weathering processes at work near the surface of the soil, acting together to break down rocks and minerals to form soil.
