The World Factbook from the CIA: "The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities."
Lonely Planet - World Destinations - Travel focused site with overview of facts, history, geography, culture government and tourism of countries and regions around the world.
Fact Monster: Countries of the World: Geography, Maps, Flag, History, Current ruler, Area, Population, Capital, Largest cities, Language,s Ethnicity/race, Religion, Literacy rate, Economy, Government
