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The site is organized into ten major areas: Constitutions and Comparative Constitutional Analysis, Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, Electoral Systems and Data, Decentralization and Local Governance, Political Parties, Democracy and Citizen Security, Indigenous Peoples and Democracy, and Civil Society

The Europa World Year Book and Europa Regional Surveys of the World provide economic, political, and geographic background information and statistical data by country and region, and include web links and a comprehensive listing of some 1,900 international organizations.

Produced by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Authored by the U.S. Department of State, these reports include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.

World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe

The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) studies public opinion on international issues

Search for human rights reports by country or topic

Access the Amnesty International Report 2011: The State of the World's Human Rights for human rights information organized by region and country

Search by topics (economics, energy & climate, foreign policy, nuclear policy, political reform, and security) or you may search by region or by expert

CSIS site focuses on three areas: (1) challenges to national and international security; (2) global developments; and (3) developing new methods of governance with specialties in technology, public policy, international trade/finance, and energy

FIRST provides conflict-related information such as maps, military expenditures, military equipment, military strength, arms traffic, and nuclear capability

Provides free, highly detailed reports, press releases, and news bulletins about various international crises around the globe