Divine right should be the answer
You can either talk about police, education (school), highway building, or how taxes are used to pay for all those services. And then explain how whatever service you chose affects your family. Like for example, highway building can cause you or your parents to have to leave earlier because of detours. Or with taxes you can talk about how it puts your family on a budget.
There have been many different forces that have linked Arab nations, but most of these links have come from military dominance in one way or another.
Citizens would loan the government a good sum of money in hopes of said government returning the money with interest. This also depended on the current military situation.
