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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Marvel] Wakanda is said to be rich because of its supply of vibranium. Why doesn't it suffer from the "resource curse"?
gpt
Mainly, Wakanda only recently began exploiting the potential of vibranium for export and technological development. Before that happened, King T'Chaka was wise and researched economic trends and had his son, Prince T'Challa attend prestigious foreign universities so that he would be able to properly lead his nation to success in the modern day.

The answer was diversification and investment in education. The initial funds from their first vibranium sales were put into raising an entire generation of Wakandans to excel academically, creating tech experts and artisans that are competitive with other nations. The actual sale of Vibranium is less of a factor in the Wakandan economy than most expect, as they heavily regulate the sale and mining of the precious metal. Instead, Wakanda has used the vibranium as the basis to start industries and businesses that are competitive in other fields. The Quinjets used by the Avengers are in fact designed and produced by Wakandan firms, beating a proposal by Stark.

This diversification allowed them to avoid the economic troubles that many of Wakanda's neighbors have run into.