Research Guides: International and Foreign Governments: Country Sites

Country Info

U.S. State Department, Countries & Areas - overview with excellent historical and economic overviews, country leaders, politics, economy, and relations with the U.S.
Library of Congress, Country Studies/Area Handbook Series - approximately 90 countries
CIA, World Factbook - starts with Afghanistan - select country for history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities

Country Profiles - history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions; audio and video (BBC)

List of foreign governments - alphabetical, not all in English

U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
Brief profiles of most countries of the world, including government type and structure, names of major government officials, and an overview of foreign relations (by the U.S. State Department).
PARLINE Database
Information on the structure and working methods of parliamentary chambers in more than 190 countries. Published by the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Constitute Project
Search, read and compare constitutions from around the world. Developed by the authors of the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
Constitute: the World's Constitutions
Read, search, and compare the world's constitutions; broswe by country for PDF and Html versions