Country Resources 

Foreign Country Information
From the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Links to most of the resources listed below, plus statistical information, country profiles by international organziations, and a pronunciation guide to hundreds of people and place names.

Portals to the World
From the Library of Congress. A great compilation of resources on wide ranging topics for countries around the world: government, finance, law, economy, education, health, language and literature, recreation, travel, religion. and science and technology.

Background Notes
From the U.S. State Department. Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty around the world.

CIA World Factbook
Socio-economic, political and transnational information about hundreds of countries plus maps. See also country guides from the Library of Congress.

Economic and Financial Data Resources
Look for links relevant to international resources. From Emory University. See also WebEc,  economics data on the Web from the University of Helsinki.

Eldis
From the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. Links to information from Amnesty International, FAO, ILO, IMF, World Bank and many more. Search by country or region.

International Law Sites
Click on Links/International. From the American Society of Comparative Law. See also this page from the University of Illinois, which includes resources for international law in English.

Official Websites of National Governments
from Northwestern University Library. See also the web site of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation List of Members.  

Nationmaster
Easy to use statistical resource. Wide range of topics covered.

U.N. Libraries and Databases
Links to the various U.N. libraries and their resources. Labor, health, education, intellectual property, food and agriculture, the oceans, human rights, finance, and more are covered. See also undata, a portal to a wealth of statistics by subject, e.g. education, employment, energy, health, refugees, tourism, trade...

The World Bank
Resources, including reports and statistics on countries of the world. See also Countries and Regions section here.


UVA only

Columbia Gazetteer of the World
This encyclopedia of geographical places and features profiles every country in the world, with information on demography, geography, industry, agriculture, cultural and historical points of interest, transportation, and pronunciations. Search by place name, type of place, or keyword.