Country Research
Get to know your country on a general and specific level. Go still further by immersing yourself in your country's culture.

General

CIA World Factbook 2001
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

US State Department "Background Notes"
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/

Country Profiles from CountryWatch.com
http://embassy.countrywatch.com/

Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Foreign Government Resources
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html

Comprehensive database of governmental institutions
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/

World Bank Country Profiles
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
http://www.britannica.com/

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
http://www.emulateme.com/

Listing of political resources on the net
http://www.politicalresources.net/

Yale University UN Workstation: Internet Access to UN Information by Geographic Area
http://www.library.yale.edu/un/un3c.htm

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Specific

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA)
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html

Constitutions of the World
http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/home.html

Elections around the world ­ results and links
http://www.electionworld.org/election/index.html

International Statistical Agencies
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

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Cultural Immersion

Thorough "Destination" Information from Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

Currency Conversion
http://www.xe.com/ict/

How far is it? Find the distance between two places (as the crow flies).
http://indo.com/distance/

"Local" times from all over the world
http://www.hilink.com.au/times/

Maps! All sorts of maps!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

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