Foreign Government
Resources on the Web (University of Michigan) Arranged geographically this comprehensive
site to statistics and other data as well as official government
sites. Also provides links to
Inter-governmental Organizations and treaties.
Governments on
the World Wide Web (Gunnar Anzinger) Comprehensive
database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments,
ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public
broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions
etc. Includes also political parties.
Portals to the World
(Library
of Congress) Selective links to authoratative sources. Arranged by country or area with a wide
range of links for each.
Country Information
Background
Notes (U.S.
Dept. of State) demographic and economic information and short narrative
descriptions about the history, government, economy and foreign
relation. Updated/revised by the
Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public
Affairs as they are received from regional bureaus.
Constitution Finder (University
of Richmond) links to international constitutions. Some have multiple language versions.
Consular Information Sheets (U.S. Dept. of State)
travel warnings, announcements and links to such information as location of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in
the subject country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions,
minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations,
crime and security information, and drug penalties. If an unstable
condition exists in a country that is not severe enough to warrant a
Travel Warning, a description of the condition(s) may be included under an
optional section entitled "Safety/Security".
Country @ a glance(UN Cyber School Bus) - maps
and brief facts such as population, size, currency, date of
admission to UN and location of foreign missions.
Country
Commercial Guides (U.S. Dept. of State) - prepared
annually by U.S. embassies, these guides analyze countries' commercial
environments, using economic, political and market analysis.
Country
Studies (Library
of Congress) - on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy
by the Federal Research Division of
the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. The intent was to
focus on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces
might be deployed. The series, at present, covers 102 countries.
Notable omissions include Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and other
Western nations, as well as a number of African nations.
World
Factbook (CIA) brief country information on geography, people, government,
economy, communications, transportation, military, maps and flags.
Diplomatic Missions
Embassy World directory
and search engine of the worlds embassies and consulates.
Foreign
Embassies of Washington, DC (TeleDiplomacy) - provides information on each
of the embassies in Washington D.C., with links when available.
U.S. Embassies and Consulates (U.S. Dept. of State) - links to websites, arranged by geographical region. Includes list of key officers.