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🤝 Advertising and collaboration: [email protected] Most likely, you have never even heard of this country. A tiny island located in the Pacific Ocean appears on the map as a small dot between Hawaii and Australia. With a population of 12,000 people and an area of 21 square kilometers, Nauru is one of the smallest countries in the world, only surpassed by Monaco and the Vatican. For comparison, the smallest district of Kyiv, Pechersk, also has approximately 20 square kilometers. It takes only 20 minutes to completely drive around this island microstate. This small remote island became extremely wealthy thanks to massive phosphate deposits, with mining becoming the main source of income for Nauru in the 1970s and 80s. Less than 50 years ago, Nauru was not just thriving; it was the richest country on Earth. With a GDP per capita of $43,800 in 1975, the average Nauruan was twice as wealthy as the average American. The incredible profits created an illusion of eternal prosperity, but it quickly became apparent that relying on just one resource is a path to ruin. When the phosphates ran out, Nauru was left with a ravaged environment and a devastated economy. This clearly demonstrates the severe case of the "Dutch disease" phenomenon, where reliance on the extraction and export of a single resource undermines other economic sectors. In this video, we'll explore how a tiny Pacific island became an economic catastrophe due to the inability to utilize excessive wealth, the consequences it had on people's lives, the steps taken for recovery, and how Ukraine can avoid a similar scenario and not repeat Nauru's bitter fate. 🤝 Support our work: 💰 Sponsorship on YouTube:    / @costua   💰 Become patrons   / costua   💰 Card transfer https://secure.wayforpay.com/donate/d... 💰 PayPal: [email protected] (mention "for video") This video was created with the support of Atlas Network 00:00 Introduction 02:32 History of the island 06:56 World War II and post-war period 09:03 Wealthy independence 11:40 Dutch disease 16:31 Financial adventures and bankruptcy 17:04 Unsuccessful investments 19:50 Offshore banking activities 23:46 Consequences of wealth 26:46 How Nauru survived and what it lives on today 30:29 Nauru's economy today 31:26 What's next? 33:29 Conclusions #history #economy #nauru