GDP growth: 3.8%
GDP: $99bn (PPP: $161bn)
Inflation: 2.6%
Population: 32.7m
GDP per head: $3,020 (PPP: $4,930)

Broad popular discontent with politics will persist, and a weak parliament will achieve little, so the policy-setting role will fall to the king, Mohammed VI. Islamist movements will channel some of the discontent, but the militants among them will not prosper. Hefty subsidies and state investment will lessen complaints and help push growth to 3.8%.