The other Georgia is not called Georgia in Georgia. The name is unpronounceable for me. My wife and I pretty much want to visit if this couple can show us about a bit. He said the flights go through CDG and direct to Tbilisi.
They had been angling for NATO membership but had some, um, disputes with their northern neighbor and some governments that were not approved by NATO. This general area has had some unfortunate history.
Politics in Georgia involve a parliamentary
representative democratic republic with a
multi-party system. The
President of Georgia is the ceremonial
head of state and the
Prime Minister of Georgia is the
head of government. The Prime Minister and the
Government wield
executive power.
Legislative power is vested in both the Government and the
unicameral Parliament of Georgia.
The Georgian state is highly centralized, except for the
autonomous regions of
Abkhazia and
Adjara and the former autonomous region of
South Ossetia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which had autonomy within the
Georgian SSR during
Soviet rule, unilaterally seceded from Georgia in the 1990s. While, as of 2016, the Georgian government recognizes Abkhazia as autonomous within Georgia, it does not recognize South Ossetia as having any special status.
[5]Since achieving independence from the Soviet Union, Georgian politics has been characterized by a schism over its relationship with Russia on one hand and Europe on the other hand.
[6][7][8] Since the early 2010s, Georgian politics has been characterized by a contentious rivalry between two main political parties,
Georgian Dream and the
United National Movement (UNM).
[8] In the early 2020s, scholars raised concerns about
democratic backsliding in Georgia.
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