Living in Nauru | The Island That Was the Richest Place on Earth — Until It Wasn't | 4K

There is an island you can drive around in about 20 minutes that was once, for a brief and dazzling moment, among the richest places on Earth. In 1975, its income per person was estimated at 50,000 dollars — second only to Saudi Arabia. Its 10,000 citizens paid no taxes. Healthcare was free. Education was free. This is Nauru, in the central Pacific — the country that got rich by selling the ground it stood on. The money came from phosphate, a fertilizer the whole world wanted, mined ton by ton until roughly 80 percent of the island became a grey moonscape of coral pinnacles. Then the fortune ran out. This is the story of the greatest rise and fall in modern history — and the people who still call the remaining ring of green home. It deserves to be told with more dignity than the world usually gives it. A cinematic 4K documentary on wealth, ruin, and what remains. ▶ New documentaries every week. Subscribe and travel the world from the inside. #Nauru #LivingInNauru #Documentary #Pacific #Oceania #4K #TravelDocumentary