List of state leaders in 1797

Africa

• Akwa Akpa – Ekpenyong Offiong Okoho, King of Akwa Akpa
• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene
• Kingdom of Dahomey –
• # Agonglo
• # Adandozan
• Ethiopian Empire –
• *Salomon III
• *Yonas
• Kingdom of Kaffa -
• Kingdom of Loango -
• *Tati, the Nganga Mvumbi
• Wadai Empire – Muhammad Salih Derret ibn Jawda
• Zulu – Senzangakona, King of the Zulu

  Americas

• United States
• * Head of State/Government –
• *# George Washington, President of the United States
• *# John Adams, President of the United States

  Asia

• Afghanistan –
• * Kabul – Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan
• * Herat
• *# Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan
• *# Herat secedes from Kabul control
• *# Mahmud Shah, King of Herat
• *# Herat returns to Kabul control
• *# Zaman Shah, King of Afghanistan
• Alirajpur State – Pratap Singh I
• Burma – Bodawpaya
• Kingdom of Cambodia – #Talaha Pen, regent
• China – Jiaqing Emperor
• Jaipur – Pratap Singh
• Empire of Japan
• *Monarch – Kōkaku
• *Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ienari
• *Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō On
• Joseon – Jeongjo
• Oudh State –
• #Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh
• #Wazir Ali Khan, Nawab of Oudh
• Persia – King Mohammad Khan Qajar
• Shan States
• Siam – Rama I
• Đại Việt – Nguyễn Quang Toản, Emperor

  Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi
• Andorra –
• # No reigning prince
• # Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros, Bishop of Urgell
• Batavian Republic – National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
• * Monarch – Christian VII
• * Minister of State –
• *# Andreas Peter Bernstorff
• *# Christian Günther von Bernstorff
• French First Republic – Directory
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
• *Monarch – George III
• *Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger
• Holy Roman Empire – Francis II
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III
• Ottoman Empire
• * Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Selim III
• * Grand Vizier – Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
• *Monarch – Maria I
• *Regent – John, Prince of Brazil
• Kingdom of Prussia –
• #Frederick William II
• #Frederick William III
• Russian Empire – Paul I, Tsar of Russia
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles IV
• Kingdom of Sweden – Gustav IV Adolf
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Ferdinand III

  Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Shakhbut bin Dhiyab, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
• Sultanate of Morocco – Slimane

  Oceania

• Huahine – Tenania Tamatoa, King of Huahine
• Tonga –
• #Mumui, Tuʻi Kanokupolu
• #Tukuʻaho, Tuʻi Kanokupolu
• Kingdom of Tahiti – Pōmare I