Global Edge – International business portal providing country guides, links to global information resources, and a discussion forum.
https://globaledge.msu.edu/
Global Finance – Good statistics including general information.
http://www.gfmag.com/tools/global-database/economic-data.html?utm_source=gfmag&utm_medium=email&utm_content=link15&utm_campaign=globaldatabase
http://www.gfmag.com/tools/global-database/ne-data.html?utm_source=gfmag&utm_medium=email&utm_content=link16&utm_campaign=globaldatabase
Wikipedia geography portal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Geography
List information on many countries. http://www.worldinfozone.com/
Covers Russia and Eastern Europe. http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb
Library of Congress. Have different studies of countries.
Arranged by country, common categories include Business, Commerce & Economy; Government, politics & law.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Country Briefings, free online 60 countries – News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics etc.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html. http://www.economist.com/countries
Country Profile, Country Reports (Top Products). You have to purchase these reports.
http://store.eiu.com
CIA World Factbook
CIA information about countries. If the link does not work, start with the main page and look for World Fact Book. World facts and figures.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/index.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
World Fact and Figures. Has plenty of information, however many of the statistics are taken from other sources, so the data could be out of date.
http://www.worldfactsandfigures.com
US Commercial Service. Contains information on numerous countries.
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/ccg/
US government site with country information.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/subject/index.htm
Also, see:
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/
Country Commercial GuidesIMD business School, evaluations of different countries’ competitiveness http://www.imd.org/wcc/news-wcy-ranking/