Does the "richness" of a country, in the sense of having many natural resources, affect its chance of being democratic?

Why do I feel that the smaller and more rich a country is, the less democratic they tend to be... Or is it really not about that, it is just about the so many other social factors etc?

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PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 31-35, M

Because secularism is haram 😔 but this is very interesting.
Qatar sentenced a guy for life for criticizing the elections laws.
Brunei which is even smaller and has 437k population yet being gay is punishable by death it makes no fucking sense.
UAE being transgender is illegal and punishable by prison.

I'm trying to think of non Arab or non Muslim examples but I can't really think of any.