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  • Aneki.com

    Information by country, includes regional and world rankings.

  • BBC News World Edition: Country Profiles

    Profiles "provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries. They also include audio and video clips from the BBC archives."

  • Cities Around the World

    Over 6,100 photographic images from the slide collections of the American Geographical Society Library.

  • Country Studies--Library of Congress

    The online version of the series of books published by the Federal ResearchDivision of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. Each entry details a country's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, then examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.

  • Cultural Profiles Project

    Life and customs in 100 countries.

  • Global, Area, and International Archive

    "Our goal is to publish the best peer-reviewed scholarship within both established area and regional studies and new areas of inquiry that break down boundaries between traditional disciplines and regions."

  • Governments on the WWW

    "Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories as of June 2002."

  • NationMaster.com

    Graphically compares the nations of the world.

  • Nations Online

    "The One World Nations Online Project is a portal of gateways to the countries in this world, a reference directory and an electronic magazine."

  • Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources selected by Library of Congress Subject Experts

    Contains "selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria."

  • World Statesmen

    "World Statesmen is an encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international and religious organizations, and other polities. Country facts, maps, anthems, flags, links, and multiple indexes will help you explore the fascinating world of global politics and history."

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