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Daily Archives: November 7th, 2009

Nauru: The Gary Coleman of Sovereign Nations

Only a few decades ago, Nauru, a small pacific island nation, had one of the highest per capita GDPs in the world. Birds of the sea had flown around Nauru crapping on it for thousands of years, leaving the island with rich phosphate deposits. Their small population (under 14,000) ensured that the country’s few citizens [...]