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About.com
Missing
countries: a guide to countries that no longer exist.
http://geography.about.com/od/politicalgeography/a/missingcountry.htm
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Aneki.com
Contains
a plethora of facts about countries worldwide, including details
of the richest and the most sexually active. 
http://www.aneki.com/lists.html
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Celestia.co.uk
Offers
basic information on the following topics for countries around
the world: safety, life expectancy, capital city, language,
peoples, religion, size, population density, food, when to
go, currency, medical care, finance, business hours, airports,
emergency contacts, visa requirements, embassies, etc.
http://www.celestia.co.uk/wexas/p4_globaldirectory.htm
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CIA
- The World Fact Book
Detailed
profiles of every country on Earth.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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CountryReports.org
Essential
facts on every major country in the world. The history section
for each entry is particularly comprehensive.
http://www.countryreports.org/
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Dorling
Kindersley World Desk Reference
Everything
you ever wanted to know about every country in the world.
This site contains more than 5,000 illustrations, charts and
diagrams, over 6,000 maps and 25,000 facts and statistics
on nations and overseas territories. Superb.
http://travel.dk.com/wdr/index.htm
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Economist.com
- Country Briefings
Business
oriented profiles of countries worldwide.
http://www.economist.com/countries/
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Eldis
Facts and
figures on all the major countries of the world at the click
of a button. The profiles of developing countries (http://www.eldis.org/country/)
are particularly useful.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/newcountry.htm
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European
Commission
Tells you
just about everything you ever wanted to know about the European
Union.
http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
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Fiabci-USA
Select
a country and you will be taken to a web page containing numerous
links for that nation including the relevant State Department
country page, local US embassy, other foreign embassies, exchange
rate, weather and Fodor's guide.
http://www.fiabci-usa.com/
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Foreignword
Features
the names of countries in over a dozen different languages.
http://www.foreignword.com/countries/
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Gazeteer.com
All the
economic, geographic and sociological facts you could want
about any country in the world.
http://www.gazeteer.com/
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Geographic.org
Countries
ranked by economic, population, military and geographic factors.
http://www.photius.com/rankings/index.html
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GEsource
World Guide
A handy
tool that allows you to select two world countries or regions
and compare demographic, geographic and economic data at the
press of a button.
http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/countrycompare.html
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GEsource
World Guide
Includes
articles, features, demographics, geography data, interactive
world maps, satellite photos, scrollable city images and links
to resources on 270 countries worldwide.
http://www.gesource.ac.uk/worldguide/
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Indiana
University Bloomington Libraries
Quick reference
guide to countries, cities and states.
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/internet/Countries_Cities_and_
States/Countries/Worldwide_Resources/
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International
Alternative Country
A list
of uncommon names in different modern languages for existing
countries, as well as some regions and islands.
http://www1.tip.nl/~t100878/altname.htm
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Map
Zones
Maps and
country profiles that cover everything from history to modern
communications. Unbeatable!
http://www.mapzones.com/
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Nation
Master
Compare
and contrast countries on a whole host of criteria, ranging
from crime rates to wealth.
http://www.nationmaster.com/
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Omniglot
The names
of countries in the local language.
http://www.omniglot.com/countries/index.htm
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One
World - Nations Online
A list
of historical and former country names.
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/hist_country_names.htm
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Population
Reference Bureau
Searchable
database of population and health data for countries worldwide.
http://www.prb.org/
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States
and Regents of the World
An alphabetical
listing of states and territories, and their regents, in the
19th and 20th Centuries.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/
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The
Nations Online Project
A United
Nations project that consists of web links for countries worldwide,
organized by subject category. Among the topics covered are
news, arts, culture, business, economics, transport, education
and history.
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries.html
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TravelGIS.com
Countries
of the world ranked on everything from television ownership
to their level of external debt. The site also features country
profiles that attempt to list everything from airports to
universities, but this part of the site is a bit of a hit
and miss affair at present.
http://www.travelgis.com/default.asp?
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Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organisation
UNPO offers
an international forum for occupied nations, indigenous peoples,
minorities, and even oppressed majorities who currently struggle
to regain their lost countries, preserve their cultural identities,
protect their basic human and economic rights and safeguard
the natural environment. Members include Taiwan, Tibet and
Kosovo.
http://www.unpo.org/member/
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Wikipedia
A fascinating
article on Micronations and aspirant states, many of which
you have probably never even heard of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronations
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Wikipedia
A list
of countries with more than one capital city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_multiple_capitals
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World
Database of Happiness
Find out
which countries have the happiest citizens.
http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/
http://www.eur.nl/fsw/research/happiness/
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Worldagogo.com
Web links
for countries around the world, sorted by subject category.
http://www.worldagogo.com/
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WorldInformation.com
Business,
political and economic information on all the world's 228
countries and territories.
http://www.worldinformation.com/
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