Transcaucasia is a region of Asia on the border with Europe, roughly judged to be the area between the Black and Caspian Seas to the West and East, and Vladimir and the Byzantine Empire and The Caliphate to the North and South. The three major powers of the area have long cherished the idea that they should eventually rule the entire region.
Map of the Transcaucasian region as recognised by the Kalmar Union
Currently it is a patchwork of states, both recognised and unrecognised, in constant turmoil and sporadic war. Borders tend to be in flux (those described in the map below are extrapolated from the Treaty of Yerevan ending the 4th Georgian-Chechen War (2006-2008)). They are generally sponsored by either Byzantium, the Caliphate or Vladimir, specifically to undermine each other's influence in the area. Poland-Lithuania has also recently begun to provide assistance to several regimes to further its aims of keeping Vladimir busy. The wars between the three Armenias are particularly vicious.
The Kalmar Union, which has no official foreign policy in Transcaucasia, recognises the sovereignty of the following states:
| No. on Map | Country | Capital | Flag | Current Head of State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Kalmykia | Elista | 
|
Galdan Ochirtu Khan |
| 2 | Beylik of Noghai | File:Flag of Nogai (Kalmar Union).png | ||
| 3 | Agyghea | |||
| 4 | Abkhazia | Lidzava | ||
| 5 | Kabardinia | |||
| 6 | Chechnya | Grozny | ||
| 7 | Ossetia | |||
| 8 | Kumykistan | Anji | 
|
Shawkhal Budai V |
| 9 | Dagestan | |||
| 10 | Tabasarania | |||
| 11 | Georgia | Tbilisi | 
|
King David XVIII |
| 12 | Turkoman Emirate | Damal | ||
| 13 | Principality of Adjara | Kobuleti | ||
| 14 | Sultanate of Turkiye | Pazar | 
|
Sultan Kayka'us IX |
| 15 | Republic of North Armenia | |||
| 16 | Sultanate of Armenia | Yerevan | ||
| 17 | Azerbaijan | Baku | ||
| 18 | Republic of Eastern Armenia | Askeran | ||
| 19 | Nakhchiva | Nakhchiva | 
|
Rahim Qoli III Khan |
| 20 | Talyshstan | Lankaran | 
|
Khan Mirza Shafi |
| 21 | Zazastan | Tigranakert | 
|
General Ebubekir Malmîsanij |
| 22 | Kurdistan |
Meanwhile, the Holy Roman Empire does not recognise Eastern Armenia or Kabardinia and recognises an Eastern Kurdistan.
There is an apocryphal story distributed widely in Western Europe of an Abkhazian ambassador traveling to Frankfurt in the mid 1890s to establish a embassy with the Holy Roman Empire only to reach Constantinople and receive the news that his regime had fallen and that he was a wanted criminal. Fearing for his life amongst Constantinople's Abkhazian populace he fled into Hungary whereupon he received news that the new regime had fallen and his old employers were back in charge. Proceeding onward to Frankfurt news reports reached him simultaneously that either a) Vladimir had invaded and ousted both regimes or that b) a third regime had taken control. Whether this story has any truth is not clear but it does highlight the problem that the states have of official recognition and constant civil war. It also provides an excuse for many Western European governments not to get involved in the politics of the region.
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