USAFA Library Guides: EAP 109/209: Finding Country Information

Country Profiles

The World Factbook
The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
BBC Country Profiles
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
Economist Intelligence Country Reports
Reports include recent news articles, country profiles, forecasts, fact sheets, and economic data.

Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language through 174 Country Guides from the World Trade Press.
Europa World Plus This link opens in a new window
The online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series

AFCLC Expeditionary Culture Field Guides
The Expeditionary Culture Field Guides (ECFGs) are pocket-size handbooks packed with invaluable cultural information. The guides are designed to help US forces achieve mission success in culturally complex environments.
DLIFLC FAMiliarization
The Familiarization Module series aims at promoting cultural awareness and raising understanding of the people and social customs inherent to various nations and providing language support for personnel entering a new theater of operation.