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data-code="je">Jersey</option> <option value="Jordan" data-code="jo">Jordan</option> <option value="Kazakhstan" data-code="kz">Kazakhstan</option> <option value="Kenya" data-code="ke">Kenya</option> <option value="Kingman Reef" data-code="">Kingman Reef</option> <option value="Kiribati" data-code="ki">Kiribati</option> <option value="Kosovo" data-code="">Kosovo</option> <option value="Kuwait" data-code="kw">Kuwait</option> <option value="Kyrgyzstan" data-code="kg">Kyrgyzstan</option> <option value="Laos" data-code="la">Laos</option> <option value="Latvia" data-code="lv">Latvia</option> <option value="Lebanon" data-code="lb">Lebanon</option> <option value="Lesotho" data-code="ls">Lesotho</option> <option value="Liberia" data-code="lr">Liberia</option> <option value="Libya" data-code="ly">Libya</option> <option value="Liechtenstein" data-code="li">Liechtenstein</option> <option value="Lithuania" data-code="lt">Lithuania</option> <option value="Luxembourg" 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data-code="kr">South Korea</option> <option value="South Ossetia" data-code="">South Ossetia</option> <option value="South Sudan" data-code="ss">South Sudan</option> <option value="Spain" data-code="es">Spain</option> <option value="Sri Lanka" data-code="lk">Sri Lanka</option> <option value="Sudan" data-code="sd">Sudan</option> <option value="Suriname" data-code="sr">Suriname</option> <option value="Swaziland" data-code="sz">Swaziland</option> <option value="Sweden" data-code="se">Sweden</option> <option value="Switzerland" data-code="ch">Switzerland</option> <option value="Syria" data-code="sy">Syria</option> <option value="Taiwan" data-code="tw">Taiwan</option> <option value="Tajikistan" data-code="tj">Tajikistan</option> <option value="Tanzania" data-code="tz">Tanzania</option> <option value="Thailand" data-code="th">Thailand</option> <option value="The Bahamas" data-code="bs">The Bahamas</option> <option value="The Gambia" data-code="gm">The Gambia</option> <option value="Togo" 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But the source of this wealth - phosphates - is nearing exhaustion, leaving the islanders facing an uncertain future. </p> <p>While the mining of 1,000 years' worth of fossilised bird droppings has been lucrative, Nauru relies on imports for almost everything - from food and water to fuel. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15433616">Full Article</a> </td> <td>2014</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="pinned" style="display: none;"> </div> </div> <div style="display: none;"> <div class="tablepager"> <form> <img src="https://www.nationmaster.com/nm_app/pix/pgn-prev.png" class="prev"/> <input type="text" class="pagedisplay pagerinput pages"/> <img src="https://www.nationmaster.com/nm_app/pix/pgn-next.png" class="next"/> <select class="pagesize pagerinput"> <option value="15">15</option> <option value="30">30</option> <option selected="selected" value="60">60</option> <option value="1000">All</option> </select> </form> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sources"> <div class="read-more"> <div class="readmore-inner"> <p class="content"> <span class="green">SOURCES:</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_independence_days#List">Wikipedia: List of national independence days (List)</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_land_borders#Land_borders">Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders)</a> (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_anthems#Anthems_of_United_Nations_member_states">Wikipedia: List of national anthems (Anthems of United Nations member states)</a> (<a href="http://www.un.org/members/list.shtml">"List of Member States" . 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