Information on Foreign Countries

General and Background Information

Key Development Data & Statistics by country, from the World Bank.
InfoNation: A United Nations site that can provide a variety of demographic, social and economic statistics on user-selected countries.
International Data Base: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Contains statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
World Public Opinion Surveys conducted around the globe on political issues
Statistical Agencies (International): U.S. Bureau of the Census links to the main statistical agencies of various countries.

Foreign Embassies in Washington, D.C.
World Wide Diplomatic Archives US State Department resource linking to national diplomatic archives maintained by other countries.

Lexis-Nexis Academic (UO only) - From "News" on left menu bar: You can search Major World Publications or Foreign Language news. Try Power Search for geographic limiters and other options.

Global Legal Information Network Official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other legal sources, in original language with English summaries
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. Directory published weekly by the CIA
Nations of the World. Law Library of Congress. Legal instruments (constitutions, laws, regulations, etc.) as well as official government sites and general sources of information.

Business Country Guides
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - annual from US State Department
Religious Freedom reports - annual from US State Department
Environmental Factsheets from the World Bank
Congressional Research Reports on countries of interest to the US, sorted by country name