Possible Clues:

• World's smallest republic by area
• Vessel returned with cargo of gold to a country in the Pacific
• Leaders coming from north, as usual, resting up in Pacific island
• Island republic in the Pacific, west of Kiribati
• Island west of Kiribati in the south-west Pacific
• Fairground carousel
• Vessel returning with load of gold for Pacific island
• Island vessel returning with cargo of gold
• Gold inside damaged urn on Pacific island
• Uruguayan (a guy having emigrated) comes back from another country