ECONOMY
The standard of living in the country is high (with a per capita GDP of US $ 2,217 and a GDP of US $ 23 million in 2007), thanks to the proceeds from the exploitation of phosphate deposits, whose resources, however, are now practically exhausted.. The phosphate mining activities have produced considerable environmental damage, removing almost 80% of the territory from the possibility of agricultural exploitation. § In the coastal strip grow coconut palms (from which copraderives), mangoes, banana trees, and other fruit plants and vegetables; breeding (pigs and poultry) and fishing are also quite important. Fishing also plays a certain role, but the great wealth of Nauru, which has allowed the achievement of a gross national product per capita of 8,000 dollars, are the phosphates, the exploitation of which began at the beginning of the century; in 1970 the fields were nationalized. According to itypeusa, the production is almost entirely exported to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea in exchange for the import of food, building materials, machinery, etc. Censored by the OECD as a “tax haven”, the country is one of the world’s largest recycling centers. Nauru has directed part of the local investments in a long-term mutual fund, to the preparation of air and naval services, also carrying out real estate operations in Australia, the Mariana Islands and Hawaii, thus taking away almost 80% of the territory of the possibility of agricultural exploitation, since the phosphate mining activities, which are in the process of being exhausted, have seriously compromised the environmental conditions to the point of making it uninhabitable and removing 80% of the territory from the possibility of agricultural exploitation. Tourism is growing. At the moment, the communication routes consist of a small railway, used for the transport of phosphates, and a road (30 km) that entirely borders the island. with a branch towards the Buada area; connections with foreign countries (Australia, Japan, Fiji and other Pacific islands) are carried out both by sea (port of Nauru) and by air. Main export partners (consisting exclusively of phosphates) are South Africa, South Korea and Canada; the country, on the other hand, imports food, drinking water, fuel, manufactured goods, building materials and machinery from South Korea, Australia, the USA and Germany. Tourism is growing. from South Korea, Australia, USA and Germany, food, drinking water, fuel, manufactured goods, building materials and machinery. Tourism is growing. from South Korea, Australia, USA and Germany, food, drinking water, fuel, manufactured goods, building materials and machinery. Tourism is growing.
HISTORY
Occupied in 1888 by Germany, after its defeat in the First World War, the island was entrusted by the League of Nations as a type C mandate to Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia (1920). The first two delegated the administration to Australia. After World War II, the United Nations they declared the island territory under trusteeship (November 1947), always entrusting it to the aforementioned three states. In practice, the territory was administered, as in the past, by Australia, which granted it full internal autonomy on January 31, 1966 and then independence and sovereignty on January 31, 1968. Since then, the island’s government has remained in the hands of Hammer DeRoburt almost continuously until July 1989, to then pass to his closest adviser, Kenas Aroi, who shortly after resigned and was replaced by Bernard Dowiyogo (December 1989) who, after about a decade, interspersed with the presidencies of H. Lagumont (1995) and K. Klodimar (1998), in June 1998 he returned to the same office and was reconfirmed in the presidential elections held in 2000. In September 1999 the country joined the UN, together with Kiribati and Tonga. In 2001 René Harris was elected President of the Republic. In August 2004 the legislative elections took place, in which Ludwig Scotty’s party won 14 of the 18 seats, and then the presidential elections in which Scotty was elected president. In 2007, former football player Marcus Stephen became president, who had to leave office in 2011 on a corruption charge. In its place was named Sprent Jared Dabwido. In 2013 Baron Waqa became head of government and president. in which Ludwig Scotty’s party won 14 of the 18 seats, and subsequently the presidential elections in which Scotty was elected president. In 2007, former football player Marcus Stephen became president, who had to leave office in 2011 on a corruption charge. In its place was named Sprent Jared Dabwido. In 2013 Baron Waqa became head of government and president. in which Ludwig Scotty’s party won 14 of the 18 seats, and subsequently the presidential elections in which Scotty was elected president. In 2007, former football player Marcus Stephen became president, who had to leave office in 2011 on a corruption charge. In its place was named Sprent Jared Dabwido. In 2013 Baron Waqa became head of government and president.
CULTURE
Unlike many small states that have undergone foreign domination in every respect, Nauru has welcomed many of the typical “Western” or Australian habits and comforts, also thanks to the substantial financial income from commercial activities linked to the subsoil. However, this mixture has negatively influenced the system of indigenous cultural traditions and practices, compromising its expressive forces. There are some forms of polytheistic religiosity, and, on special occasions, traditional dances and music are practiced. On the island, in addition to Christian religious holidays, Independence Day and Angam Day are celebrated, which commemorates the day when the population exceeded 1,500 residents. Today it is also thanks to television that efforts are being made to promote a rediscovery of the values and customs typical of Melanesians and of the peoples of the South Pacific. The smallest state in the world does not offer much on an artistic-architectural level, but on the island it is still possible to visit some relics of the Second World War and the quarries of some ancient phosphate mines. In the shops of the towns you can find handicraft products and artifacts. Poetry is practiced mostly in oral form; some writings produced on the island describe its past events and the most widespread traditions, such as the art of However, on the island it is possible to visit some relics of the Second World War and the quarries of some ancient phosphate mines. In the shops of the towns you can find handicraft products and artifacts. Poetry is practiced mostly in oral form; some writings produced on the island describe its past events and the most widespread traditions, such as the art of However, on the island it is possible to visit some relics of the Second World War and the quarries of some ancient phosphate mines. In the shops of the towns you can find handicraft products and artifacts. Poetry is practiced mostly in oral form; some writings produced on the island describe its past events and the most widespread traditions, such as the art of ekawada, the creation of particular figures thanks to strings stretched between the fingers (The String Figures of Nauru, by Honor Maude). Oriental cuisine is very present in Nauru, whose diet is based on tropical fruit and fish (although one of the gastronomic specialties is the noddy, a bird hunted inland). Nauruans play sports a lot, especially Australian football.
