Countries & States

Country Studies
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Designed as background information for countries to which American forces might be sent, this is the on-line version of the print series profiling 101 countries (notable omissions: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, France, and other Western nations).

Flags of the World
http://flagspot.net

World's largest Website on vexillology, with over 27,000 pages on the study of flags and over 50,000 images of flags.

Foreign Embassies of Washington, DC
http://www.embassy.org/embassies

Directory of the foreign embassies in Washington.

Government Documents & Information Center
http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs

Portal to United States government documents, Canadian & European Union resources, United Nations links, and information on local, state, and other other foreign country governments.

Nation Master
http://www.nationmaster.com

Vast compilation of data that can generate maps and graphs on a wide variety of topics from such sources as CIA, United Nations, World Bank, World Resources Institute, and OECD.

State Libraries
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/library/statelib.html

Links to the Websites of the state libraries of the United States of America.

Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/skhome.html

Information on all aspects of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Websites of U.S. Embassies and Consulates
http://usembassy.state.gov

Links to all the USA's State Department outposts throughout the world.

World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

Information on countries around the world, including demographics, government, economy, communications, transportation, languages, and ethnicities.

Yahoo! Government > Countries Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/government/countries

Links to countries provide links to topical information for each one.

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