Worth knowing
Nauru
Nauru is 21 square kilometres, about a third the size of Manhattan. Its parliament and its airport sit in the district of Yaren, but the country has no official capital.
Where its story happens
Yaren, at 0.55°S, 166.93°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Nauru
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Nauru, a single island in the Pacific just south of the equator, northeast of the Solomon Islands. See Nauru on a map.
- It is the world's smallest island nation: only Vatican City and Monaco are smaller countries.
- A single road, about 19 km long, runs all the way around this country.
- Phosphate rock, partly ancient seabird droppings, once made its people among the richest on Earth.
- It is one of the very few countries in the world with no official capital city.