Countries and Cultures (Dale Mabry): Websites

Non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

Click on the physical world map to go to the physical map index or the political world map to go to the political map index.

Info on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Find your country in the alphabetical list. Scroll down to see all the links to sources about the Constitution, Legal system, etc. of your country. Many sources are primary, i.e. they are documents (in translation) produced by that country's government.

"The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to promote the "peaceful uses of nuclear sciences and technology." To accomplish this mission, IAEA staff inspect nuclear facilities, develop standards to ensure safe operation of nuclear facilities, and act as a hub for scientific and technical information on peaceful nuclear applications."

"Successful business transactions often depend on cross-cultural competence; through this website, visitors can research the cultures of 32 countries and six regions around the world. The home page serves as an introduction and a portal, with links to individual country pages, regions, and other resources. All country pages contain basic country information and fun facts...."

Provides open access publications in the fields of cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geospatial analysis and mapping.

US Census Bureau. Access demographic, economic and geographic data on countries.

ElectionGuide by International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) "is the most comprehensive and timely source of verified election information and results available online."

Find statistics and analysis about trade in various industries, including: Aerospace, Automotive, Financial and Health industries.

Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to "check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents." Based at George Washington University.

Travel information for any country in the world compiled by the U.S. Dept. of State.

"Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty."

Mandate: "...to support members in their efforts to ensure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food." Select Countries tab for country-specific reports.

The numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators. Search across all data sets by keyword, topic or country.

Data on global health.