INTERNATIONAL
BBC Country Profiles - Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
CIA World Fact Book - Contains profiles on the countries of the world, with information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and international issues.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Council on Foreign Relations - "The Council on Foreign Relations is dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy."
http://www.cfr.org/
Council on Foreign Relations - "The Council on Foreign Relations is dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy." http://www.cfr.org/
FIRST - Facts on International Relations and Security Trends, a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
http://first.sipri.org/
Flags of the World - This advertises itself as being the largest Internet site on vexillology (the study of flags). This site contains more than 18,000 pages about flags and more than 33,000 images of flags.
http://flagspot.net/flags/
Governments on the WWW - A very easy-to-use, no-frills database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: including "parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions" and political parties, containing info on more than 220 countries and territories.
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
InfoNation - Using statistics and indicators from the United Nations Statistics Division, this web site allows you to compare up to 7 countries for population, geography, economy, and social indicators.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_i_map.htm
International Data Base (IDB) - On the U.S. Census Bureau's web site, the IDB Contains statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and regions of the world.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
Portals to the World - A new project of the Library of Congress, providing selected links to information on various countries of the world. Links are arranged by categories, which include Business, Culture, Geography, Government & Law, Language & Literature, Libraries, and Media & Communications.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
U.S. Embassies and Diplomatic Posts - The U. S. Department of State maintains these links to official U. S. Embassies and other diplomatic posts and missions.
http://usembassy.state.gov/
U.S. Embassies and Diplomatic Posts - The U. S. Department of State maintains these links to official U. S. Embassies and other diplomatic posts and missions.
http://usembassy.state.gov/
World Flag Database - Includes over 260 countries and international organizations. For countries, basic information is given, including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions. The flags include the national and state flags, ensigns, and sub-national flags.
http://www.flags.net//
World Flag Database - Includes over 260 countries and international organizations. For countries, basic information is given, including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions. The flags include the national and state flags, ensigns, and sub-national flags.
http://www.flags.net/
