Political Science: Find Country Information

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Compiled by the World Bank from diverse sources, these pages detail World Bank's efforts to manage natural resources.

Contains the electronic versions of 80 books published by the Federal Research Division. Books present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world.

This publication provides information on the status of over 500 major multilateral instruments covering subjects such as Human Rights, Disarmament, Commodities, Refugees, the Environment and the Law of the Sea. It is no longer published annually in hard copy. The on-line version is updated daily.

Search for individual countries in multiple UN databases. Contents include major speeches, resolutions sponsored, and country reports on performance under various human rights conventions.

Provides information about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of various countries. These fact sheets are also known as 'Background Notes'.

Describes the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world.

The annual Human Rights Reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.

Provides access to the full and complete reports on terrorism with regard to specific countries and groups.

Browse World Bank locations by region or country groups.