However, his struggle for the independence and unity of the Georgian state did not have lasting success.
George V was the last great king of the unified Georgian state.
In the spring of 1400, Timur moved back to destroy the Georgian state once and for all.
Despite these setbacks, Bagrat was able to become the first king of the unified Georgian state in 1008.
He was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor by the Georgian state.
In 1999, the Georgian state collected only 70% of its projected revenue, a state of affairs that would continue through 2003.
The problem of unity is very real for the Georgian state, and thus was likely a factor in the decision to make the phrase the national motto.
The first decades of the 9th century saw the rise of a new Georgian state in Tao-Klarjeti.
Gamsakhurdia's electoral platform proposed measures to "protect" the Georgian state and ethnos:
Moscow has since recognised them as sovereign states, while most of the world still considers them to be constituent parts of the Georgian state.