technically no, but it is a de facto country with its own government citizenship passport and currency. de facto means it is in all reality a country, but not officially a country. for example. The United States between 1776 and 1783 would be considered De Facto. the Confederate States Of America would be considered De Facto. Taiwan is probably the closest example to Abkhazia. Georgia holds no authority over Abkhazia and it only belongs to Georgia in name. in fact Abkhazia won its independence in a 1992-1993 war. it is partially recognized around the world as a country, but only by a vast minority of countries, but most importantly by russia. so in all fairness it really is a country, just to the vast majority of countries around the world, including the u.s. and Canada havent gotten around to recognizing it as a country. so with all due respect abkhazia is really a country.

They were treated very poorly and shared little rights, but on occasion were allowed to participate in government and business. They could also own property and slaves.

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Abkhaz or Abkhazian

Eurasia : Europe & Asia are, geographically speaking, one and the same continent ;}

Because in the war between Russia and Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia took side with the Russians, so it's like the Russians owe them something. The Russians also bribed Nauru to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia by giving them aid

it has all that it needs to be independent, but is only recognised by Nauru, Nicaragua,Russia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Venezuela as an independant nation

The west indies where named by christopher columbus however we today call it the carribean a series of islands in carribean sea

United Abkhazia was created on 2004-03-25.

Battle off the coast of Abkhazia happened on 2008-08-10.

Abkhazia isn't actually important to Georgia; it is about national pride. Before declaring independence from Georgia, the Abkhaz people wanted to remain with the Soviet Union as they feared independence with Georgia would result in their autonomous status being removed.

After Stalin's death, the oppression towards the Abkhaz people ended. The Soviet government began encouraging the republics to embrace their culture, especially of ones that were formally oppressed by the same government. In this case, the Abkhaz began embracing their culture. Other ethnic groups believed this to be discrimination, in this case the Georgians.

When the Soviet Union began to disintegrate, the Abkhaz people wished to become their own separate republic, an act strongly opposed by ethnic Georgians.

Violence began to rise when a Georgian university tried to establish a branch in Abkhazia, instead of an Abkhaz one. This violence led to the deaths of 16 Georgians and was curbed by Soviet intervention.

When Georgia declared independence on April 1, 1991 it was being ruled by a somewhat moderate leader and tensions decreased.

A military coup ousted the moderate Georgian leader, replacing him with a hard line Georgian. Within a month the Georgian military council decided to adopt the 1921 constitution. The Abkhaz people felt this as a threat to their autonomy, thereby tensions began to rise.

On July 22, 1992 Abkhazia effectively declared independence from Georgia. This action was boycotted by the Georgian government and the action went unnoticed by most of the international community.

In August, 1992 Georgia dispatched 3, 000 troops to Abkhazia, supposedly to restore order. At this time Abkhazia was relatively unarmed and the Georgian troops faced little opposition when they entered Sukhumi.

The hostility towards Abkhazia by Georgia was seen quite negatively by other Caucasus separatist movements, including Chechens, Cossaks, and Ossetians. Several paramilitaries, with the help of the Russian armed forces, successfully expelled the Georgian armed forces from Abkhazia, leading up to the Sukhumi Massacre where ehtnic Georgians were systematically murdered.

In Africa = Chad

In Asia = Laos

The Wikipedia page reads the following :

Population

• 2018 estimate - 245,246 (185th)

• 2011 census - 240,705

• Density - 28/km2 (72.5/sq mi)