Basic information on 88 different countries. Some information is extremely out of date-check to see when updated. United Nations Home Page . Also has info about current issues and statistics especially in the area of social indicators. A collection of public-domain maps of various countries, both in political and shaded relief formats.
Some countries also have topic maps.
This site is maintained by the Flag Institute. It has some of the best and most detailed flags of any site on the Internet. This site will figure it all out for you. Some have not been translated into English. This site, maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau, gives the latest statistics on products that we import and export from each country.