Search in the following databases to find country information:

Gale Virtual Reference Library, a collection of encyclopedias and handbooks on many subjects.

Grolier Online  Includes eight encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples,Amazing Animals and The New
Book of Popular Science.

CountryWatch  Provides country-specific intelligence and data. Includes up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.

Search in the following websites:

The World Factbook  Published by the CIA.  "...provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."

The World Bank   "...The World Bank is the largest single source of development knowledge."