Free Kurdistan FTW! Wait.
Boo absolutism. Boo.
Seriously, Kurdistan doesn't seem to be doing too shabbily, but how powerful are constitutionalist, democratic and technocratic movements in the country, and is the current government seeking to liberalize soon?
The government is trying its best not to liberalize. Currently the democratic and technocratic movements are small but growing. The oil fueled spurt of economic growth over the past decades has kept the forces of reform at bay for now.