statelet

They know that the West will not fight for the territorial integrity of Georgia, a trisected statelet of only 4m people in the faraway Caucasus.

他们知道西方国家不会为格鲁吉亚领土完整而动干戈，毕竟这是个一分为三的小国，位于偏远的高加索地区，人口仅4百万。

An Islamist guerrilla movement, Hizbullah, is a restive partner in the country's ruling coalition while it runs its own armed statelet near the border with Israel.

真主党在联合政府中频生事端，它在靠近黎以边境的地区有着自己的势力范围。

And why not?They know that the West will not fight for the territorial integrity of Georgia, a trisected statelet of only 4m people in the faraway Caucasus.

俄国人完全有理由如此嚣张，格鲁吉亚处于距离西方势力遥不可及的高加索地区，区区400万人口的小地方本身就已经一分为三了，他们了解西方势力压根就不会为了格的领土完整而发动战争；

and just across the Gulf in Bahrain, a statelet that Iran in its feistier moments claims as its own, where America anchors its Fifth Fleet.

而波斯湾对面巴林，一个在伊朗更加愤怒的情况下会宣布对其拥有主权的小国，使美国第五舰队的停泊地。

Statelet"

小国"

statelet

n. 国家, 小国