List of state leaders in 1791

Africa

• Akwa Akpa – Ekpenyong Offiong Okoho, King of Akwa Akpa
• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene
• Bunyoro – Kyebambe III, Omukama of Bunyoro
• Kingdom of Dagbon – Sumani Zwole, King of Dagbon
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Agonglo
• Ethiopian Empire – Hezqeyas
• Imamate of Futa Toro – Abdul Kaader, Almami of Futa Toro
• Gobir – Bawa Jan Gwarzo
• Kingdom of Jimma –
• Kwande – Wori Waru I
• Kingdom of Loango -
• *Tati, the Nganga Mvumbi
• Savalu –
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu

  Americas

• United States – George Washington, President of the United States
• Vermont Republic – Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont

  Asia

• Ahom Kingdom –
• Alirajpur State – Pratap Singh I
• Burma – Bodawpaya
• Kingdom of Cambodia – Ang Eng
• China – Qianlong Emperor
• Durrani Empire – Timur Shah
• Jaipur – Pratap Singh
• Empire of Japan
• *Monarch – Kōkaku
• *Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari
• *Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku
• Joseon – Jeongjo
• Manipur – Meidingu Chingthangkhomba, King of Manipur
• Mughal Empire –
• Rattanakosin Kingdom – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke
• Twipra Kingdom – Rajdhar Manikya
• Đại Việt – Nguyễn Nhạc and Nguyễn Huệ

  India

• Chhatarpur – Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar

  Australia and Oceania

• Colony of New South Wales
• *Monarch – George III
• * Governor – Captain Arthur Phillip

  Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi
• Andorra – Co-princes:
• * Josep de Boltas, Bishop of Urgell
• * Louis XVI of France
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
• * Monarch – Christian VII
• * Minister of State – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
• Kingdom of France – Louis XVI, King of the French
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
• *Monarch – George III
• *Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger
• Holy Roman Empire – Leopold II
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III
• Ottoman Empire
• * Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III
• * Grand Vizier –
• *# Rusçuklu Cezayirli Hasan Serif Pasha
• *# Koca Yusuf Pasha
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – Maria I
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick William II
• Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV
• Kingdom of Sweden – Absolutism
• *Monarch – Gustav III
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III
• United Provinces –
• *Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland
• *Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland
• **Holland – Grand Pensionary Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel of Holland

  Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
• Sultanate of Morocco – Yazid