Georgia has a rich tradition in agriculture. Arable lands and woods occupy 85% of the country's total land area. Vertical zones with almost all types of soil and climate characterize the country. Due to such diversity, the country is divided into 13 zones and 6 sub-zones of agricultural specializiong.

The recorded history of Georgia dates back more than 4,000 years. The culture of Georgia has evolved over the country's long history, providing it with strong literary tradition. The unique Georgian alphabet, which is among the fourteen existing ones in the world dates back to the5^th century BC.

The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church  is one of the world's most ancient Christian Churches, founded in the 1st century by the Apostle Andrew.  In the first half of the 4^th century Christianity was adopted as the state religion. This has provided a strong sense of national identity that has helped to preserve Georgian distinctiveness despite repeated periods of foreign occupation and attempted assimilation.

Systemic institutional reforms, creation of liberal legislative basis and structural reforms of recent years has led to economic growth in Georgia. The GDP growth rate in 2006 was 9.4 per cent.

Growth was mainly due to development of financial intermediation (40.4% growth), health and social work (13.4% growth), Transport and communications (15.1% and 11.9%, respectively) sectors; GDP in market prices in 2006 amounted to 13,784 million GEL (7,849 mln. USD) and GDP per capita equaled to GEL 3 152  (1 779 USD).