List of sovereign states in the 1770s

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Sovereign states

A

  • 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 Austria – Archduchy of Austria

B

  • Baden – Margraviate of Baden
  •  Bali – Kingdom of Bali
  •  Bamana – Bamana Empire
  • Banten
    – Sultanate of Banten
  • Kingdom of Bavaria Bavaria – Duchy of Bavaria
  •  
    Benin
    – Benin Empire
  • Bhonsle
    – Kingdom of Bhonsle
  •  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
  •  
    Bornu
    – Bornu Empire
  • Brunei Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
  •  
    Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • Bukhara – Khanate of Bukhara
  • Burma – Kingdom of Burma

C

D

E

F

  •  France – Kingdom of France

G

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

H

  •  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 Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary
  • Hyderābād – Princely state of the British Raj

I

J

  •  
    Janjero
    – Kingdom of Janjero
  •  Japan – Tokugawa shogunate
  • Johor Johor – Johor Sultanate
  •  
    Jolof
    – Jolof Empire

K

  •  Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
  •  
    Kanem Bornu
    – Kanem Bornu Empire
  •   Kazakh – Kazakh Khanate
  • Khiva – Khanate of Khiva
  •  Khmer – Srok Khmer
  •  Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
  • Sovereign Military Order of Malta 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

M

  •  Madurai – Kingdom of Madurai
  •  Maharashtra – Kingdom of Maharashtra
  •  
    Mainz
    – Archbishopric of Mainz
  •  Malacca – Sultanate of Malacca
  • Malta
    – Order of Saint John
  •  
    Kingdom of Manipur
  •  Maratha – Maratha Empire
  •  Mataram – Mataram Sultanate
  • Mecklenburg – Duchy of Mecklenburg
  • Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
  • Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
  •  Moldavia – Principality of Moldavia
  •  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
  • Montenegro – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
  •  Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco
  •  Mrauk U – Kingdom of Mrauk U
  •  Mughal Empire – Mughal Empire
  •  
    Mutapa
    – Empire of Mutapa
  • Mysore – Kingdom of Mysore

N

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

O

P

R

  • Ragusa – Republic of Ragusa
  •  Rajputana – Kingdom of Rajputana
  •  
    Rapa Nui
    – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
  •  
    Rozwi
    – Rozwi Empire
  • Russia – Russian Empire
  •  Ryūkyū – Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S

  •  
    Salzburg
    – Archbishopric of Salzburg
  •  Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
  •  San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
  •  Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia
  •  Saxony – Electorate of Saxony
  •  
    Sennar
    – Funj sultanate of Sennar
  •  Sharjah – Emirate of Sharjah
  •  
    Shaybanid
    – Khanate of Shaybanid
  • Sicily – Kingdom of Sicily
  •  Sikh – Sikh Confederacy
  •  Sind – Sultanate of Sind
  • Spain – Kingdom of Spain
  • Sulu
    – Sulu Sultanate
  •  Swahili – Swahili Tribe
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland Switzerland – Swiss Confederation

T

  • 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

 United States

V

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

W

Y

  • Yemen – Kingdom of Yemen

Non-sovereign territories

Great Britain

Netherlands

States claiming sovereignty

  •  Goust – Republic of Goust

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