Not quite what I was getting at, what would be the effect on the community/economy etc etc etc.
Do you think the Qataris would cope with such a situation?

You're born, you take s**t. You get out in the world, you take more s**t. You climb a little higher, you take less s**t. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what s**t even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son.