Bayan da ya zama sarki a shekara ta 1953 bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa, Saud ya aiwatar da sake fasalin gwamnatin Saudiyya, inda ya kafa al'adar sarkin da ke jagorantar majalisar ministoci.Ya yi niyyar kulla huldar abokantaka da Amurka tare da tallafawa kasashen Larabawa a yakin da suke da Isra'ila.A lokacin mulkinsa, Saudiyya ta shiga kungiyar 'yan ba ruwanmu a shekarar 1961.Tattalin arzikin Masarautar ya samu ci gaba sosai saboda karuwar hako mai, wanda kuma ya kara tasirinta a siyasance a duniya.Duk da haka, wannan dukiyar kwatsam ta kasance takobi mai kaifi biyu.Ci gaban al'adu, musamman a yankin Hejaz, ya haɓaka tare da ci gaban kafofin watsa labaru kamar jaridu da rediyo.Amma duk da haka, kwararowar baƙi ya ƙara ɗaga sha'awar kyamar baki.A lokaci guda kuma, kuɗin da gwamnati ke kashewa ya zama almubazzaranci da almubazzaranci.Duk da sabbin arzikin man fetur da aka samu, Masarautar ta fuskanci kalubalen kudi, da suka hada da gibin gwamnati da kuma bukatar karbar bashi daga kasashen waje, musamman saboda yadda ake kashe kudade a lokacin mulkin Sarki Saud a shekarun 1950.^[47]Saudat, wanda ya gaji mahaifinsa Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud) a shekarar 1953, ana kallonsa a matsayin mai almubazzaranci da kashe kudi, wanda ya jagoranci masarautar cikin matsalar kudi.A zamanin mulkinsa ya yi fama da tabarbarewar kudi da rashin mayar da hankali ga ci gaba.Sabanin haka, Faisal, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙwararren minista kuma jami'in diflomasiyya, ya kasance mai ra'ayin mazan jiya da ci gaba.Ya damu da tabarbarewar tattalin arzikin masarautar a karkashin mulkin Saudiyya da kuma dogaro da kudaden shigar mai.Yunkurin da Faisal ya yi na kawo sauyi a harkokin kudi da kuma zamanantar da shi, tare da burinsa na aiwatar da manufofin tattalin arziki mai dorewa, ya sa shi saba wa manufofin Saudat.Wannan babban bambance-bambancen da ake samu a harkokin mulki da harkokin kudi ya haifar da dagula tashe-tashen hankula a tsakanin ’yan’uwan biyu, wanda hakan ya sa Faisal ya maye gurbin Saudat a matsayin sarki a shekara ta 1964. Har ila yau, hawan Faisal ya fuskanci matsin lamba daga dangin sarki da shugabannin addini, wadanda suka damu da rashin gudanar da ayyukan Saudat da ke damun su. kwanciyar hankali da makomar masarautar.Wannan dai ya kasance abin damuwa na musamman idan aka yi la’akari da yakin cacar-bakin Larabawa tsakanin Jamhuriyyar Larabawa ta Gamel Abdel Nasser da kuma masarautun Larabawa masu goyon bayan Amurka.Saboda haka, an tuɓe Saudat a matsayin Faisal a 1964. ^[48]