Nauru (Austria and others)

Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, is a island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is the Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km to the east. Nauru is the smallest island-nation, covering just 21 square kilometres.

Settled by Micronesian and Polynesian people, Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century.After World War I, Nauru, as well as the other German colonies, was given to the United States of Greater Austria.Nauru was declared independent in 1968, though still is a Austrian protectorate.