use of "states" in the intro 

The article has for about two years used the uncontroversial and neutral "regions" to refer to the two entities. I don't understand why some editors are trying to change that into "states" now. Since the very statehood is disputed, using states unexplained is obviously POV. In fact, the very first sentence says so itself "disputed status over whether they are a part of Georgia or sovereign states". Writing "are states" is just as wrong as writing "are parts of Georgia" would be.