Georgia has no control over South Ossetia. You must go through

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Georgia has no control over South Ossetia.
You must go through a border crossiby to go from south ossetia to Georgia.
South Ossetia has its own military, government, etc that act without influence from Georgia
The South ossetian people have voted to be independent with 99% in favor.
Yet no more than 6 nations recognize south ossetia.
How are they not a country /pol/??