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CIA World Factbook -- http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Facts and statistics on every country in the world, compiled by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

CIAO Atlas -- http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/proxy.pl?server=www.ciaonet.org/&resource=
Columbia+International+Affairs+Online

Locate the Atlas link in the navigation on the left-hand side of the page. Select your country with the interactive map or select by region with the navigation on the left.

Country Studies (Library of Congress) -- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

This series "presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."

LexisNexis Academic Country Profiles -- http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/cgi-bin/
proxy.pl?server=www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/api/version1/
sf?shr=t&sfi=AC00NBEasySrch

Select "Business" from the tabs at the top of the page in red. Then select "Country Profiles" from the list of links on the left. Select your country from the list and then change the Sources to "Country Briefings." Not all countries will have a briefings report. If your country returns 0 results, search again under sources for "Global Insight".

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