The United Arab Emirates, which already boasts the world’s tallest skyscraper and has launched an audacious mission to Mars, now hopes to become a pioneer in the depths of the metaverse.

In a project launched in Dubai’s gleaming Museum of the Future, he announced that the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Finance would be set up inside the immersive virtual world that is now taking shape.

Those who don their virtual reality goggles or use other means to venture inside will find a ministry open to doing business with companies and even ready to sign bilateral deals with foreign governments, officials said.

The metaverse is an online world where users will eventually be…