Foreign Governments

Sources of information on foreign countries

• Countries and Regions (U.S. State Dept.)
     includes several standard reference sources on countries
• CIA World Fact Book (Central Intelligence Agency)
     brief information on the geography, people, government, economy, transportation systems, communication systems and defense forces of countries; updated annually
• Country Studies/Area Handbooks (Library of Congress)
     "Most books in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors."
• U.S. State Department

Browse official foreign government links at the sites below.   These sites have been selected for their thoroughness.

• University of Michigan
     very comprehensive lists of foreign governments, news, embassies, constitutions, laws, statistics
• Northwestern University
     alphabetical list of countries and selected government Internet sites