- Altapedia
"Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world."
- BBC News: Country Profiles
"Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries." They also include audio and video clips from the BBC archives.
- The British Museum: World Culture
Displays of art and artifacts from around the world and throughout history.
- CIA World Factbook
Well-organized annual publication of information about the world's countries.
- Constitution Finder
"This database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet."
- Council on Foreign Relations
"A resource for its members ... and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries."
- Country Reports.org
Information about countries around the world. (Formerly E-Conflict World Encyclopedia).
- Cultural Profiles Project
From Citizenship and Immigration Canada, a guide to life and culture in different countries.
- Encyclopedia of the Nations
From Gale Publishing, "The Encyclopedia of the Nations is a complete source for detailed information about one hundred ninety three countries in the world, information about the United Nations and the associated agencies, and World Leaders."
- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
From the University of Michigan Documents Center. Everything from links to foreign government sites to statistics, constitutions, news sources, background information, and more. Quite extensive.
- Global Integrity
"Global Integrity is an independent, non-profit organization tracking governance and corruption trends around the world. Global Integrity uses local teams of researchers and journalists to monitor openness and accountability."
- INCORE
Country Guides
"These Guides provide information about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries and regions" such as Ireland, Tibet, Sudan, Israel, etc.
- Infonation
"InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations."
- Library of Congress: Global Gateway
Library of Congress: Country Studies
Library of Congress: Portals to the World
"The Country Studies On-Line are electronic versions of hard-cover books published ... between 1988 and 1998 ... " Portals to the World "contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world." Other offerings include digital collections, research guides, cybercasts, and more.
- NationMaster
"NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form ... you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."
- Political Resources on the Net
"Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world."
- United Nations CyberSchoolbus
Country data, news, demographic information, and ability to choose countries and statistics to create comparative charts.
- World Civilizations: An Internet Classroom and Anthology
From Washington State University, "World Cultures ... combines the reading and course materials of two World Cultures courses taught using web-based materials..." Includes links, glossaries, anthologies, maps, learning modules, and more.
- World Food Crisis /
World Food Situation
Report and information from the World Bank and the U.N. about the state of food, hunger, and related topics around the world, with a special focus on food prices and what they mean for poor and developing countries.
- World Statesmen
"World Statesmen is an encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international and religious organizations, and other polities mostly since the year 1700. Country facts, maps, anthems, flags, links, and multiple indexes" are included.
- YourCountries.com
Countries of the world grouped by geographical area.
