Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Nauru consists of a separate coral reef island with an oval shape and a total area of only 24 km², making it the smallest island country in the world.
Nauru is strange that there is no capital, and the administrative center is in the Aaron district.
Nauru has a population of about 12,700 people. Most of them are physically strong, with thick black hair and brown skin, which is very special.
Nauru is the Chinese of Nauru and is spoken by most people on the island. However, the official language is English, and government or business communication is in English.
Nauru is small, but nauruans have lived on the island for thousands of years. Since britain discovered the island in 1798, Nauru has become a multi-national contending bounty. It was not only annexed by Germany, but also occupied and plundered by Australia, Britain, New Zealand and Japan. Fortunately, in 1968 Nauru finally succeeded in declaring its independence.
The reason Nauru became occupied and plundered was because of the island's abundant phosphate resources. Phosphate resources are actually formed by the chemical changes of bird droppings over the years. Over the past thousand years, countless seabirds have come to inhabit this small island, leaving a large amount of guano on the island and becoming a layer of high-quality fertilizer up to 10 meters thick, and finally forming phosphate mines. 3/5 of the island is covered with phosphate, and the whole island must be stinking.
However, the smelly drying bird droppings, nauruans do not hate, but are very happy, and the Nauruans also make a fortune from these bird droppings.
Nauru's economic resources are mainly based on phosphate exports, which made Nauru the richest pacific island nation, and the islanders rely on phosphate to survive, creating a lazy lifestyle for Nauruans. However, because phosphate is a non-renewable resource, relying on continuous exploitation, phosphate resources are about to be exhausted, and in the future, it can only rely on the issuance of fishing licenses, export of tropical fruits and foreign aid.
There are no rivers on Nauru Island, and the only lake, Lake Buada, is also a saltwater lake, so there is almost no fresh water on the island, and drinking water needs to be imported, which is really inconvenient.
Nauru has compulsory education for children aged 6-16, but only to attend university in other countries, such as Australia.
Due to the lazy lifestyle and high-fat diet of Nauruans, Nauruans are obese, and most adult men exceed 150 kg, so Nauru has become the country with the highest obesity rate. I was scared when I heard it.
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