Military power of Georgia & Finland

Georgia is a country located in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with an area of 69,700 km² (land boundries: 141 km and costline 7,314 km). The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. The number of inhabitants is 3,694,608.

Georgia is not a member of NATO but has had a relationship with the Alliance since 1992 and declared its aspiration to join in 2002. Georgia has participated in multinational exercises and security operations abroad with NATO. The Defense Forces of Georgia (DFG) is focused primarily on Russia, which maintains military bases and troops in occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2008, a five-day conflict with Russian forces ended in defeat and the expulsion of Georgian forces from the breakaway regions. The majority of the military's inventory consists of Soviet-era weapons and equipment, some of which has been upgraded. It has smaller quantities of mostly secondhand material from such countries as Israel, Turkey, and the Uinted States, as well as some domestically produced equipment.

Finland is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 338,424 km² (land boundries: 2,563 km and costline 1,250 km). The capital of Finland is Helsinki. The number of inhabitants is 5,536,146.

Finland was not a member of NATO, but Finland and NATO actively cooperated in peace-support operations, exercised together, and exchanged analysis and information. Finland is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). On 5 July 2022, NATO signed the accession protocol for Finland to join the alliance. The inventory of the Finnish Defense Forces consists of a wide mix of mostly modern US, European, and domestically-produced weapons systems.