Contains detailed textual, data and graphic information for countries and regions. Topics include: country overviews, political history and conditions, economic status, investment overviews, social background, and environmental situation and issues.
Country information organized by country, region, or topic, published by the Central Intelligence Agency. Topics include communications, defense, economy, flag and map, geography, government, people and transportation.
Background information and a list of countries is available from the website. The series is no longer published, but is accessible for historical purposes