Country Comparisons and Rankings Aneki.Com: Country Information, Regional and World Rankings Which country is the richest? Cleanest? Most expensive to live in? In addition to general
information on countries, you can find social, economic, technological, environmental, and academic rankings of many of the world's nations at this site.
Choose the countries you want to compare, and then generate maps and graphs to illustrate their rankings in dozens of categories. Great for reports.
Country Profiles The World Factbook 2004 provides a snapshot of the world as of January 1, 2004. Pick a country and
learn about its geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Official website of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Here you will find daily UN News, UN Documents and Publications, UN Overview information, UN Conference information, Photos, and other UN information resources.
The Electronic Embassy provides information on each of the embassies in Washington D.C., with links to Web-based resources where available.
Encyclopedias
Free encyclopedia that provides more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps - provided by HighBeam Research.
The world’s largest free reference site where you can find facts on thousands of subjects including sports, entertainment, technology, business, education, and health.
Flags and Maps of the World Also find country maps in any of the encyclopedias or the CIA country profiles above. World Atlas of maps, flags, and geography facts. Includes geography homework help and quizzes.
National flags and U.S. state flags.
Various types of outline maps.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection Enormous collection of online maps, including historical maps.
National Anthems Lyrics to national anthems of 192 countries and MIDI files to hear them.
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