List of sovereign states in the 1780s

Aachen – Free Imperial City of Aachen
Capital: Aachen

Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Capital: Andorra la Vella

Anhalt-Bernburg – Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg
Capital: Bernburg

Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym – Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Capital: Hoym

Anhalt-Dessau – Principality of Anhalt-Dessau
Capital: Dessau

Anhalt-Köthen – Principality of Anhalt-Köthen
Capital: Köthen

Anhalt-Zerbst – Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst
Capital: Zerbst

Anholt – County of Anholt
Capital: Anholt

Augsburg – Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
Capital: Dillingen an der Donau

Austria – Archduchy of Austria
Capital: Vienna

 Baden – Margraviate of Baden

Basel – Prince-Bishopric of Basel
Capital: Porrentruy

Brixen – Prince-Bishopric of Brixen
Capital: Brixen

Cleves – Duchy of Cleves
Capital: Cleves

 China – Great Qing

Cologne – Electorate of Cologne
Capital: Bonn

Dutch Republic – Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
Capital: The Hague

 France – Kingdom of France
Capital: Versailles

Frankfurt – Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
Capital: Frankfurt

Georgia – Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
Capital: Tbilisi

Genoa – Republic of Genoa
Capital: Genoa

 Great Britain
Capital: London

Ireland – Kingdom of Ireland

Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon

Liège – Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Capital: Liège

Lucca – Most Serene Republic of Lucca
Capital: Lucca

Lübeck – Free Imperial City of Lübeck
Capital: Lübeck

Mainz – Electorate of Mainz
Capital: Mainz

Massa and Carrara – Duchy of Massa and Carrara
Capital: Massa

Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Capital: Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Capital: Neustrelitz

Memmingen – Free Imperial City of Memmingen
Capital: Memmingen

Moldavia– Principality of Moldavia
Capital: Iași

Münster – Prince-Bishopric of Münster

Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal

Oldenburg – Duchy of Oldenburg
Capital: Oldenburg

Osnabrück – Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück
Capital: Osnabrück

Paderborn – Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
Capital: Paderborn

Papal States – State of the Church
Capital: Rome

Passau – Prince-Bishopric of Passau
Capital: Passau

Persia
Capital: Shiraz

Piombino – Principality of Piombino
Capital: Piombino

Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
Capital: Lisbon

Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia
Capital: Berlin

Regensburg – Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
Capital: Regensburg

Russia – Russian Empire
Capital: Saint Petersburg

Salzburg – Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg
Capital: Salzburg

 San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Capital: San Marino

Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia
Capital: Turin

Saxony – Electorate of Saxony
Capital: Dresden

– Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura
Capital: Siak Sri Indrapura

→ Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Capital: Madrid

Thonburi – Kingdom of Thonburi (until 1782)
Capital: Thonburi

Trent – Prince-Bishopric of Trent
Capital: Trento

Trier – Electorate of Trier
Capital: Trier

Ulm – Free Imperial City of Ulm
Capital: Ulm

 United States

• United States of America (to March 1, 1781 and from March 4, 1789)
• The United States of America (from March 1, 1781 to March 4, 1789)[1]

 Venice – Most Serene Republic of Venice

Württemberg – Duchy of Württemberg
Capital: Stuttgart

Würzburg – Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
Capital: Würzburg

• Danish West Indies
  Capital: Christiansted

• Dutch Cape Colony – Cape Colony
  Capital: Cape Town

• British America – British America and the British West Indies (until September 3, 1783)

• Brazil – State of Brazil
  Capital: Rio de Janeiro

• New Spain – Viceroyalty of New Spain
  Capital: Mexico City
• → New Granada – Viceroyalty of New Granada
  Capital: Santa Fe de Bogotá
• → Peru – Viceroyalty of Peru
  Capital: Lima
• → Río de la Plata – Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
  Capital: Buenos Aires