BIRMINGHAM - It has an area of 21 sq km - the size of Tampines - and a population of 11,000, which is enough to fill just 20 per cent of Singapore's National Stadium.
But Nauru, the world's smallest island nation, has been consistently and literally lifting above its weight.
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