Nauru's unusual capital status: Nauru genuinely has no officially designated capital city — Yaren functions as the de facto seat of government simply by hosting Parliament House
A phosphate boom and its aftermath: Phosphate mining once made Nauru one of the wealthiest nations per capita in the world, leaving behind a genuinely stripped and pinnacled central plateau
Currency reality: Nauru uses the Australian Dollar (AUD)
How to actually get here: Limited weekly flights from Brisbane, Australia, via Nauru Airlines