The language spoken on Nui is related to I-Kiribati. The Australian dollar is legal tender. Tuvalu also circulates its own coins. The main export is copra. Most imports are sourced from Fiji and Australia, in that order.
Subsistence crops are coconuts, taro, pandanus fruit, bananas.
Fish and coconut are the main staples. Most employment is in the Government sector. As regards other sources of revenue, the foremost is foreign aid. There is very little tourism, maybe 1,000 visitors per year. Woven coconut frond shutters are lowered when it rains.