Country Studies from the Library of Congress. Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
World Factbook is produced by the CIA; background material for 267 countries; reference maps.
Constitution Finder provides a pull-down index to over 200 countries ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents; constitutions are offered in original languages and English.
Demographic Yearbook provides statistics for over 230 countries and areas in the world and covers such subjects as: population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce.
Electronic Embassy provides information about all foreign embassies of Washington, D.C.
Embassy World is an index of all embassies worldwide, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
Europa is the gateway o the European Union
United Nations - pages available in several languages
UN Statistical Yearbook - latest year. UN Statistical Yearbook Previous Issues (back to 2007)
Nations of the World links to information on all the countries' constitutions, as well as their legislative, executive, and judicial bodies.
Non Governmental Organizations is a Worldwide NGO Directory. Browse by Region. NGOs have become increasingly influential in world affairs and many have relationships with intergovernmental organizations such as the UN.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics provides "global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication."