I'll search for the official name of the country Georgia. I understand there can be confusion between the U.S. state and the country, so I'll make sure to specify that I'm looking for information about the country.

The official name of Georgia (the country) is Georgia.

The national flag of Georgia (the country) is known as the "Five-Cross Flag".

It features:

This design symbolizes Georgia’s deep Christian heritage and was officially adopted on January 14, 2004 .

Georgia (the country) sits at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia in the South Caucasus region.

On the map you will find it:

Because the Greater Caucasus Mountains run across its northern edge—often taken as the conventional line between Europe and Asia—Georgia is considered a trans-continental country: mostly in Asia geographically, but culturally and politically leaning toward Europe.

A phrase you’ll hear almost everywhere in Georgia is:

“Gamarjoba!” – გამარჯობა
(pronounced: ga-mar-JO-ba)

It means both “Hello!” and, literally, “Victory to you!”
Use it when you enter a shop, meet a friend, or start any conversation—Georgians love greetings, and this one is the key to sounding local .

A dish you’ll meet on almost every Georgian table is khinkali—juicy, fist-sized dumplings filled with spiced meat (traditionally pork-and-beef) and a burst of hot broth inside. Pinch the doughy “top-knot,” bite a tiny hole, sip the broth, then eat the rest—no fork needed. Locals often wash them down with a glass of amber Georgian wine.

The animal most Georgians point to with pride is the West Caucasian tur—a stocky, dramatically horned wild goat that lives only in the high, craggy Caucasus Mountains of Georgia and a sliver of Russia.
With fewer than 2 500 mature individuals left, it has become an emblem of Georgia’s wild heights and a flagship species for its mountain-conservation efforts.

The postcard image that instantly says “Georgia” is Gergeti Trinity Church.

Perched at 2 170 m (7 120 ft) on a rocky outcrop beneath the towering ice-crowned Mount Kazbek, this 14th-century stone church offers a jaw-dropping panorama of the Caucasus ridge. Reaching it—whether by the steep two-hour hike from Stepantsminda or a bumpy jeep ride—is half the experience, and the lonely silhouette against snow and sky has become the country’s most-photographed landmark.

A fun, head-turning fact: Georgia is the birthplace of wine—and the proof is 8,000 years old!

Archaeologists have found grape-pips and pottery lined with wine residue from 6000 BCE, showing Georgians were fermenting grapes in clay jars called qvevri long before anyone else. The ancient method—burying a bees-wax-lined pot underground—survives today and even sits on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. So every glass of red you raise there is literally history in liquid form!