Web Resources

The following web resources are trusted authoritative sites for finding information on countries throughout the world:

• BBC News Country Profiles - provides full profiles to the history, politics and economic background of countries and territories and includes audio/video clips from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) archives.
  

• CIA World Factbook - provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
  

• EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) Country Reports - provides political and economic analysis showing the trends of what is happening now in the country and forecasts of how the country will look in the future.
  

• European Union Member Country Profiles - provide basic country information and statistical profiles including budget and spending information.
  

• Freedom House Reports - provides annually updated country reports on the status of political rights, civil liberties, and freedom of the press.
  

• US State Department Bilateral Fact Sheets - provide facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of numerous countries and territorial areas.