The State of Adzhatia is a democratic republic in the Barentzsea,
to the northeast of Norway and north of the Russian Kola peninsula.
Originally, the island, which is called Valya, was solely inhabited by
Finno-Ugric peoples close to Finns and Karelians, but during and after
the Second World War, almost the entire Adzhatian population, which
used to live in the area around the Russian-Belarusian-Ukrainian border
tripoint, was transported to Valya, where most of them got jobs in the
mines.
Valya received the status of Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic
(A.S.S.R.) as the Adzhatian A.S.S.R. in 1950. In 1991, Adzhatia declared
itself independent and has been a (most of times chaotic) emerging
republic since that year. As a former Soviet nation, Adzhatia is your
typical country that is torn between a desire to join NATO and the
European Union, and pressure to maintain its traditional ties with
Russia.
The country has been a member of the international organisation
FICT since 2011.
The State of Adzhatia is a democratic republic in the Barentzsea,
to the northeast of Norway and north of the Russian Kola peninsula.
Originally, the island, which is called Valya, was solely inhabited by
Finno-Ugric peoples close to Finns and Karelians, but during and after
the Second World War, almost the entire Adzhatian population, which
used to live in the area around the Russian-Belarusian-Ukrainian border
tripoint, was transported to Valya, where most of them got jobs in the
mines.