List of state leaders in 785

Africa

*Makuria - ?
*Nekor - Sa'id I ibn Idris King of Nekor (760-803)

America

*Calakmul - B'olon K'awil, (c.771-c.789)
*Copán - Yax-Pasaj Chan Yoaat, (763-aft.810)
*Tikal - Yax Nuun Ayiin II, (768-790)

Asia

*Bohai/Balhae - Da Qinmao/Dae Heung-mu, King of Bohai/Balhae (737-793)
*China (Tang Dynasty) - Dezong, Emperor of Tang China (780-805)
*Gurjara - Vatsaraja, Pratihara King of Gurjara (775-805)
*Japan (Nara Period) - Kammu, Emperor of Japan (781-806)
*Pallava - Thandi Varman, King of Pallava (775-825)
*Rashtrakuta - Dhruva, (780-793)
*Silla - King of Silla
*#Seondeok, (780-785)
*#Weonseong, (785-798
*Tibet - Emperor of Tibet
**Khri-srong lDe-btsan, (730-785)
**Mu-ne btsan-po, (762-786)
**Mu-tig btsan-po, (764-817)

Europe

*Asturias - Mauregato, King of Asturias (783-788)
*Bulgaria - Kardam, Khan of the Bulgars (777-803)
*Byzantine Empire - Constantine VI, Roman Emperor (780-797)
*Cordoba - Abd-ar-rahman I, Emir of Cordoba (756-788)
*Dál Riata - Caustantín, King of Dál Riata (781-820)
*East Anglia - Æthelberht II, King of East Anglia (779-794)
*Essex - Sigeric, King of Essex (758-798)
*Franks - Charlemagne, King of the Franks (768-814)
**Italy - Pippin, King of Italy (781-810)
*Gwynedd - Caradog ap Meirion, King of Gwynedd (c.754-c.798)
*Ireland - Donnchadh, High King of Ireland (766-792)
**Ailech - Mael Duin mac Aedo, King of Ailech (770-788)
**Connacht - Tipraite mac Tadg, King of Connacht (782-786)
**Hy-Many - King of Hy-Many
**#Conall mac Fidhghal, 782-784)
**#Amhalgaidh, (784-786)
**Leinster - King of Leinster
**#Ruaidri mac Faelan, (776-785)
**#Bran Ardchenn mac Muiredach, (785-795)
**Mide - Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill, King of Mide (766-797)
**Ulaid - King of Ulaid
**#Fiachna, (749-785)
**#Tomaltach, (785-787)
*Klarjeti - Adarnase, Duke of Klarjeti (742-779)
*Mercia - Offa, King of Mercia (757-796)
**Kent - Ealhmund, King of Kent (c.784-c.785)
**Sussex - Ealdwulf, King of Sussex (c.772-c.791)
*Northumbria - Aelfwald I, King of Northumbria (779-788)
*Papal States - Adrian I, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (772-795)
*Picts - King of the Picts
*#Talorcen mac Oengus, (c.781/5-c.787)
*#Conall mac Tagd, (c7-789)
*Saxons - Widukind, King of the Saxons (743-807)
*Strathclyde - Rudderch, King of Strathclyde (c.780-c.798)
*Venice - Maurizio Galbaio, Doge of Venice (764-787)
*Wessex - Cynewulf, King of Wessex (757-786)

Middle East

*Armenia - Tadjat Antzevari, Prince of Armenia (781-785)
*Caliphate - Caliph in Baghdad
*#al-Mahdi, (775-785)
*#al-Hadi, (785-786)