TIL that the small Pacific island nation of Nauru was once the richest country in the world thanks to phosphate mines, but as the phosphate was depleted it descended into poverty, reaching 90% unemployment.

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America is the richest country. The wealth of all Americans is about 61 trillion dollars. Second is China with 24 trillion.

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