Web Sites for Country Information
allAfrica.com
allAfrica.com is a news-site covering a wide array of topics from the African Continent in English and French. It allows searching by regions or countries and by topic, both for current events and archives.
Background Notes
Available from the US State Department, "Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically. Background Notes for some countries are currently unavailable."
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Check here for Travel Warnings, Consular Information Sheets, and other travel publications as well as tips for American students abroad, passport information, and much more.
Countries of the World (infoplease.com)
Offers country profiles with information on geography, maps, flag, history, current ruler, area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race, religion, literacy rate, economy, and government.
EUROPA: Key Facts & Figures about Europe & the Europeans
"Using charts, graphs and entertaining illustrations, this website sets out basic facts and figures about the European Union and its member states."
Global Legal Information Network
GLIN is a "public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations".
Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
"Contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world."
World Factbook (CIA)
Search for extensive Country Profiles, reference maps, and much more in this Internet version of the standard reference source.
World Values Survey
The World Values Survey organization monitors the values and beliefs of peoples from over 80 societies. Their findings (covering 1981-2000) are posted on this website.