PLSC 140: International Politics - Ibrahim: Countries

Background Notes from the US Department of State include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.

Contains information on press releases, business information, U.S. embassy information, and more.

Contains links to the Australian government's profiles for countries.

GRID-Arendal was established in 1989 to support environmentally sustainable development by working with UN Environment and other partners. The organization communicates environmental knowledge through innovative communication tools, especially maps created from environmental data.

Over 100 maps searchable by region or country-along with country profiles. Also includes thematic maps and the latest deployment maps of U.N. peacekeeping operations.

When searching the web for sites originating from a particular country (official country websites), it is helpful to know the country code (much like a .gov, .edu or .com). This searchable database will help identify those codes.

Entries describe the physical geography of every nation and dependency on Earth. A World Rankings appendix includes dozens of tables ranking major features of the Earth, such as largest river by length and volume, tallest mountains by continent, etc.

Audio and video content from the Library of Congress

Links to governmental institutions, political parties and party alliances for many countries.

Search an alphabetical list of links to many countries' statistical offices.

Each month, the IPU publishes rankings of the percentage of women in national parliaments.