Georgia
Capital: Tbilisi
President: Mikheil Saakashvili
Population: 4,630,841
Independence: April 9 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Area: 69,700 sq km
Unemployment rate: 13.6%
Population below poverty line: 31%
Currency: Lari
Manpower fit for military service: males aged 16-49: 910,720
females aged 16-49: 967,566
Oil exports: 2,400 bbl/day
Religion: Orthodox Christian 83.9%
Russia
Capital: Moscow
President: Dmitry Medvedev
Population: 140,702,094
Independence: August 24 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Area: 17,075,200 sq km
Unemployment rate: 6.2%
Population below poverty line: 15.8%
Currency: Ruble
Manpower fit for military service: males aged 16-49: 21,488,878
females aged 16-49: 28,760,976
Oil exports: 5.08 million bbl/day
Religion: Russian Orthodox 15%-20%. Russia has large population of non-practising believers and non-believers
Sources: CIA World Factbook and Georgian ministry of economic development
