Countries Resources

Background Notes: Publications from the U.S. Department of State with facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of countries around the world.

BBC Country Profiles: Guides from BBC Monitoring to the history, politics, and economic background of countries and territories and background on key institutions.

Country Specific Information: Guides from the U.S. Department of State that include the location of the U.S. embassy or consulate, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political distrubances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information and drug penalites.

CIA World Factbook: Find information on all the world's countries with detailed notes on the background of the country, geographic coordinates, map references, area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, climate, terrain elevation extremes, natural resources, land use.

globalEDGE: Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University, the site offers a wide-range of international business resources, including Country Insights, with statistics, historical, economic and political conditions for 199 countries.

Library of Congress Country Studies: Offers a description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, polticial system, foreign policy and national security.  Please note that these were published between 1986 to 1998, so they only offer the historical perspective; they do not offer current data.

MSU Global Access: Resources from Michigan State University with basic facts, news headlines, news sources, maps, travel information, background information and other data for countries around the world. 

Portals to the World from the Library of Congress: Offers selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information on countries.

United Nations Country at a Glance: Information on United Nations' member countries with listings of country's newspapers and overviews of the country's economy, environment, health and technology.