Well, odds are I'm not the first or the third or even the 100th geek to mention this, but holy crap, I just noticed Dubai is Farpoint Station! I am not kidding. Photographic evidence:
It sprung up from the desert sands in the blink of an eye! And the jellyfish-like creature = Indian, Filipino and Ethiopian slaves. You know what they say, if it looks too good to be true...
Here's a
fantastic and very scary article about the dark side of Dubai. So scary it earned its author a permanent banhammer from this plastic utopia. I bet Q would be thrilled.