What kind of country is Nauru?

I didn't know until I went to Nauru that a country with only 24 square kilometers, relying on bird droppings and not working all day, can earn an annual income of 850 thousand. Medical care and education are free, and it's really fun to make money every day.

Nauru is an island country composed of coral reefs. The whole island is 6 kilometers long and 4 kilometers wide. It is the smallest island country and the third smallest country in the world, second only to the Vatican and Monaco.

There are only 65438+3000 people in China, which is less than the population of our town. However, after 1968, the whole country became rich overnight and lived a life of drunkenness every day, which was richer than developed countries in northern Europe such as Dubai, Sweden and Switzerland.

1980, Nauru's per capita GDP reached $30,000, ranking first in the world. After making a fortune, it kept saying, "Who else!" The result of being too proud is that it won't last long.

Why is Nauru so rich?

Nauru is an island country, 300 kilometers away from the surrounding islands, so it has become the 300,000-square-kilometer Pacific Ocean in Fiona Fang, the only land where birds can rest, and its unique geographical location makes them have terrible wealth.

Nauru Island is made of corals, so there are many corals here. Birds can not only rest, but also eat, attracting more and more birds.

After that, there were more and more birds eating and drinking Lazar in the whole island, so there were more and more bird droppings. Under the action of the humid sea breeze in the Pacific Ocean, these bird droppings are petrified, and finally a phosphate rock layer with a thickness of 10 meter is formed.

Phosphorus ore is the raw material for making chemical fertilizer. Phosphorus can effectively improve soil fertility and increase crop yield, so Nauru keeps exporting phosphorus ore, and its income has soared.

Nauru is not the biggest beneficiary of bird droppings.

1896 A freight forwarder of Pacific Island Company was too tired to drift at sea, so he went to the island to rest. During the break, he found a very strange rock, one side of which was very shiny, so he took it back to his office in Sydney and found it was phosphate ore through laboratory tests.

After the news that Nauru has a large amount of phosphate rock was exposed, it immediately attracted the attention of businessmen all over the world, so they went to mine and import.

However, in 1896, Nauru was still a colony of Germany, and there was no mining right at all. The Germans collected all the money.

By World War II, Japan took a fancy to Nauru's bird droppings and regained control of Nauru. Later, Japan was beaten by two American atomic bombs and surrendered. After World War II, Australia occupied Nauru again, and phosphate rock was continuously transported back to Australia.

It was not until 1968 that Nauru became truly independent and controlled the mining of mineral acid salts, but there were few phosphate mines left.

From 1908 to1913,600,000 tons of phosphate minerals was dug up by colonists, 1925 to 1930,1750,000 tons, 1933 to/.

"Confusion" after Nauru became rich overnight

1980 Nauru mining10.6 million tons of phosphate rock, with per capita GDP of 30,000 USD and per capita income of 850,000 RMB.

After Nauru became rich, it began to splurge like a nouveau riche, building three TV stations, building a 25-kilometer expressway around the island, building an international airport, and buying five 737s and international hotels.

Nauru also invested $20 million in Australia to build a 52-story "Nauru Mansion", and plans to let all Nauru people live here in the future.

After Nauru became rich, it began to promote free medical care and education, so that ordinary people could enjoy happiness and make money with their eyes open every day, but the good times did not last long! Phosphate mining is too crazy, the output is greatly reduced, and the pollution is becoming more and more serious.

Consequences of sharp reduction of phosphate rock

First, the fiscal deficit has become a paradise for tax evasion and money laundering.

1989 Nauru's financial deficit forced it to mortgage Australia's "Nauru Mansion" and sold the international hotel, but it still could not fill such a big hole.

Nauru began to look for a way out of the crisis. 1990, Nauru became a paradise for tax evasion and money laundering. You can buy a passport at will and open a bank and hospital for only $24,000. Many international organizations come here to launder money.

International financial leaders saw Nauru's behavior and touched their interests, so they blacklisted Nauru. Nauru got scared and stopped money laundering and tax evasion in 2003.

Second, accept students from refugee camps.

After tax evasion and money laundering were stopped, Nauru found another way to make money. Since 2000, the United States began to exchange dollars for oil, changed the dominance of the euro and began to attack Afghanistan. Many Middle Eastern refugees fled to Australia.

Australia is afraid that these refugees will endanger the lives of ordinary people and disrupt social stability, but it is afraid to drive them away for fear that international organizations will accuse them of violating human rights, so it has come up with a solution.

Nauru is one of the many refugee processing centers established in Australia. Every time Nauru receives a refugee, it can get 500 euros, which is quite a lot, accounting for two-thirds of Nauru's income.

Nauru's per capita GDP is now only $7,800. It used to be richer than Dubai, but now it has fallen behind because of profligacy, profligacy and single economy.

Third, the outbreak of obesity and diabetes.

After Nauru became rich, it promoted free education, but there was no concept of working to make money. Even the employees who mine phosphate mines are invited from abroad and don't work at all, so many children refuse to go to school.

Because of eating, drinking and having fun every day, eating 6 meals a day, drinking a lot of beer after meals, and not loving sports at ordinary times, obesity is getting more and more serious.

In Nauru, 93% people are overweight, 70% people are obese and 40% people have diabetes, so their average life expectancy is about 55 years old.

This is too far from the Netherlands. When you have money, you still insist on keeping in good health and go out to work to make money. Although I rest on weekends, I still insist on going to work at ordinary times. Moreover, Nauru has not developed other industries, and every day it wants money to fall from the sky.

I used to get rich by bird droppings, but now I rely on receiving refugees to maintain my wealth. What if there are no refugees? High-level officials of the country have done nothing, and ordinary people have become accustomed to the past life.

Seeing that the obesity problem is getting more and more serious, Nauru executives called on people to go out for a walk, but no one came out at all. Every day, they lie at home drinking beer, watching TV and living in empty seats.

Summary:

Nauru is a small country with a small land area and a small population. In addition, in recent years, the sea level has been rising and the land area has been decreasing. If Nauru does not want to develop in other ways, people may have to flee Nauru and live in other countries.

A country has no development direction. People don't want to go to school or earn money. They just want to live on subsidies all day. How can they be rich?

What do you think of Nauru, which once became rich overnight?