In the series, Reeve visits a number of small breakaway states and unrecognised nations including Somaliland, recognised as part of Somalia, Transnistria, recognised as part of Moldova where Reeve was detained for 'spying' by the Federal Security Service (FSB), Nagorno-Karabakh, part of Azerbaijan. Reeve also visited Adjara, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, all recognised by the United Kingdom as parts of Georgia (despite a regional crisis in 2004, Adjara is now under the full control of Georgia), and the Republic of China known as Taiwan.