List of sovereign states in the 1780s

A
Aachen – Free Imperial City of Aachen

Andorra – Principality of Andorra

Anhalt-Bernburg – Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg

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

Anhalt-Dessau – Principality of Anhalt-Dessau

Anhalt-Köthen – Principality of Anhalt-Köthen

Anhalt-Zerbst – Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst

Anholt – County of Anholt

Augsburg – Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg

Austria – Archduchy of Austria

B
Baden – Margraviate of Baden

Basel – Prince-Bishopric of Basel

Brixen – Prince-Bishopric of Brixen

C
Cleves – Duchy of Cleves

China – Great Qing

Cologne – Electorate of Cologne

Comancheria – Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ

D
Dutch Republic – Republic of the Seven United Netherlands

F
 undefined – Kingdom of France

Frankfurt – Free Imperial City of Frankfurt

G
 Georgia – Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti

Genoa – Republic of Genoa

 undefined

I
Ireland – Kingdom of Ireland

K
 Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon

L
Liège – Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Lucca – Most Serene Republic of Lucca

Lübeck – Free Imperial City of Lübeck

M
Mainz – Electorate of Mainz

Massa and Carrara – Duchy of Massa and Carrara

Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Memmingen – Free Imperial City of Memmingen

Moldavia – Principality of Moldavia

Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco

Münster – Prince-Bishopric of Münster

N
Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal

O
Oldenburg – Duchy of Oldenburg

Osnabrück – Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück

P
Paderborn – Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn

Papal States – State of the Church

Passau – Prince-Bishopric of Passau

 Persia
 * Zand dynasty (to 1789)
 * Sublime State of Persia (from 1789)

Piombino – Principality of Piombino

Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal

Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia

R
Regensburg – Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg

 Russia – Russian Empire

S
Salzburg – Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg

🇸🇲 San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino

Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia

Saxony – Electorate of Saxony

Siak Sri Indrapura – Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura

→ Spain – Kingdom of Spain

T
Thonburi – Kingdom of Thonburi (until 1782)

Trent – Prince-Bishopric of Trent

Trier – Electorate of Trier

U
Ulm – Free Imperial City of Ulm

🇺🇸 United States
 * United States (to March 1, 1781)
 * The United States of America (from March 1, 1781 to March 4, 1789)
 * United States of America (from March 4, 1789)

V
 undefined – Most Serene Republic of Venice

W
Württemberg – Duchy of Württemberg

Würzburg – Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg

Denmark

 * Danish West Indies

Dutch East India Company

 * Dutch Cape Colony – Cape Colony

Great Britain

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

Portugal

 * Brazil – State of Brazil

Spain

 * New Spain – Viceroyalty of New Spain
 * → New Granada – Viceroyalty of New Granada
 * → Peru – Viceroyalty of Peru
 * → Río de la Plata – Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata