Publications include World Factbook, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, and Handbook of International Economic Statistics. https://www.cia.gov/
Links to primary foreign and international legal resources and research aids, searchable by world regions or selected topics (constitutions, criminal law, international treaties, etc.). http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/
A non-profit, non-partisan organization that produces the standard-setting comparative assessment Freedom in the World each year.
http://www.freedomhouse.org
Created by Columbia University Law Library, the site provides links to resources on constitutional and human rights law. http://www.hrcr.org/creports.html
Provides information on the authority characteristics of states in the world system for purposes of comparative, quantitative analysis.
http://www.systemicpeace.org/polity/polity4.htm
Information on their publications and programs, and full-text documents such as press releases, periodical articles, and background papers on countries. http://www.worldbank.org