An oval-shaped coral island lying near the equator, the Republic of Nauru is the smallest republik in the world. The whole of Nauru is just 21.2 square kilometres size. Nauru lies in the western Pasific Ocean, 42km south of the equator . This gives Nauru a hot and humid tropical climate, but unlike other South Pasific paradises, Nauru's landscape is aridd and desolate.