Country name:
Republic of
Georgia
Capital:
Tbilisi
Form of
government:
Semi-Presidential
Republic
Foundation:
1918 (1922-1991 Part of the Soviet Union)
Population:
4.6
Million
Ethnics by percentage:
Georgians (83,8%), Azeri, Armenians, Russians, Abkhazi,
Ossetian
Official
languages:
Georgian,
Abkazhian
Other
languages:
Azeri, Russian, Armenian, Ossetian
Country size:
69,700
km²
Neighbouring countries:
Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey
Current
President:
Mikheil
Saakashvili
Current Prime Minister:
Zurab Nogaideli
Parlamentary
Majority:
United National Movement
Parliamentary Opposition:
Republican
Party , New Rights Party ,
Conservative Party
Non-parliamentary
Opposition:
Georgian Labor
Party, National Forum Party, Kartuli Dasi, National Democratic Party of
Georgia, Political Movement "Imedi" (Hope), Georgian Way, Political
movement “Tavisupleba” (Freedom)
Regional
cooperation:
GUAM , CDC , BSEC , CIS , Council of Europe , OSCE
Global Income
per Capita:
$3,100
Corruption
Perceptions Index
(CPI):
2.8
Human
Development Index (HDI):
0,743
see
reports by
Amnesty International
see
reports by Human Rights Watch