Sketchier but nontheless useful information, again from the Dept. of State, can be found in Background Notes . Publication date varies. The Dept. also publishes fact sheets arranged by region and then by country. See also the Dept.'s Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices . More dated but more in-depth, the Library of Congress' Country Studies are now online.
Publication date varies from country to country.
Includes discussion of trade regulations. The State Dept. provides a directory of U.S. Embassies and other Diplomatic Missions . CIA World Factbook offers a wide spectrum of the most current demographic data for countries around the world. Other sites for demographics are World Bank and International Data Base . Today's and historical exchange can be found at FXHistory .