List of sovereign states in the 1770s

Sovereign states edit

A edit

  •   Adal – Adal Sultanate
  •   Algiers – Sultanate of Algiers
  •  Alipura – Alipura
  •   Andorra – Principality of Andorra
  •   Anhalt – Principality of Anhalt
  •  Annam – Empire of Annam
  •  Ansbach – Principality of Ansbach
  •   Arakan – Kingdom of Arakan
  •   Ashanti – Asante Union
  •  Assam – Kingdom of Assam
  •   Atjeh – Aceh Sultanate
  •   Austria – Archduchy of Austria

B edit

C edit

D edit

E edit

F edit

  •   France – Kingdom of France

G edit

  •  Gakhar – Kingdom of Gakhar
  •  Garo – Kingdom of Garo
  •   Georgia – Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
  •   Genoa – Republic of Genoa

H edit

  •   Hamburg – Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  •   Hanover – Electorate of Hanover
  •  Hausa – Hausa Tribe
  •  Hedjaz – Sultanate of Hedjaz
  •   Hesse – Landgraviate of Hesse
  •   Holstein – Duchy of Holstein
  •   Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary
  •   Hyderābād – Princely state of the British Raj

I edit

  •  Ijebu – Kingdom of Ijebu
  •   Ireland – Kingdom of Ireland

J edit

K edit

  •  Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
  •  Kanem Bornu – Kanem Bornu Empire
  •   Kazakh – Kazakh Khanate
  •   Khiva – Khanate of Khiva
  •  Khmer – Srok Khmer
  •  Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
  •   Knights Hospitaller – Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta
  •   Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
  •   Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon
  •  Koya – Kingdom of Koya
  •  Kuba – Kuba Kingdom
  •   Kurland – Duchy of Kurland

L edit

M edit

N edit

  •   Najd – Sultanate of Najd
  •   Nepal – Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal
  •   Netherlands – Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
  •  Ngoyo – Kingdom of Ngoyo

O edit

P edit

R edit

S edit

T edit

  •   Teutonic Knights – Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem
  •  Taungu – Kingdom of Taungu
  •   Thonburi – Kingdom of Thonburi
  •  Tirol – County of Tirol
  •   Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
  •  Tonkin – Empire of Tonkin
  •   Travancore – Kingdom of Travancore
  •  Trier – Archbishopric of Trier
  •  Tripoli – Sultanate of Tripoli
  •   Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany

U edit

   United States

V edit

  •   Venice – Most Serene Republic of Venice
  •  Vientiane – Kingdom of Vientiane

W edit

Y edit

  •   Yemen – Kingdom of Yemen

Non-sovereign territories edit

Great Britain edit

Netherlands edit

States claiming sovereignty edit

  •  Goust – Republic of Goust

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