see also: Governments and Political Systems
- Altapedia
"Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world."
- Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of This Age's Wonders, Curiousities, and Esoterica
"The Atlas Obscura is a collaborative project with the goal of cataloging all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist."
- 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: Explore 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.
- 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."
- Cultural Profiles Project
From Citizenship and Immigration Canada, a guide to life and culture in different countries.
- DK Online World Desk Reference
"Online World Desk Reference explores topics in physical and human geography for every country in the world...." (Require free signup.)
- Don’t Get Me Wrong! The Global Gestures Guide
"This entertaining publication takes all those by the hand who are curious about the diversity of communication. Over the course of one and a half years, two foreign correspondents have gathered everyday hand gestures from around 50 countries, from Australia to Zimbabwe."
- Encyclopedia of the Nations
"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."
- Getting Through Customs
Information about dealing with different customs and manners when travelling.
- InfoPlease: Countries of the World
Information and quick facts from the InfoPlease online almanac.
- Library of Congress: Country Studies
"The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."
- National Geographic: Travel: Countries
Facts and photos of places around the world.
- 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."
- Toporopa: Geography of Europe
"Toporopa provides educational and entertaining quizzes about Europe. The focus is on the map of the European continent that brings together geographical, political, historical and economical knowledge."
- Travel Etiquette
"TravelEtiquette contains over 60 articles written by our experts who continually update and add new content." Short articles about local customs in destinations all around the world.
- United Nations CyberSchoolbus
Country data, news, demographic information, and ability to choose countries and statistics to create comparative charts.
- YourCountries.com
Countries of the world grouped by geographical area.
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