Never mind the global recession. If there were any doubt that Qatar is the fastest growing economy in the world, the country’s museum authority is putting it to rest by, naturally, launching the largest daytime fireworks display in history.The display was orchestrated by the famous Grucci family, which mounts the 4th of July fireworks spectaculars over New York City, and Cai Guo-Qiang, the Chinese “gunpowder” artist who enveloped the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in fireworks and whom Motherboard profiled in a video piece last year (you can watch it below). Cai is in Doha for a big new show of his work, called “Saraab,” which means “mirage” in Arabic.In addition to conventional fireworks, Cai is using shells and anti-missile flares, equipment that resonates well with one of Qatar’s other claims to fame: it’s also home to U.S. Central Command's Forward Headquarters and the Combined Air Operations Center. American generals may mangle the country’s name (they frequently pronounce it “cutter”), but Qatar, actually pronounced “ka-tar,” is taking everything in stride (as it sells the U.S. lots of oil): its GDP per capita is, no typo, around $101,000.