Multi-Country Sites

• Background Notes/Fact Sheets from US Department of State
• CIA World Factbook
• Country Studies from Library of Congress
• Member States of the United Nations
• Visual Geography series
• World Cuisines on the CPL kids' cooking page

World Leaders

• World Leaders at CIA
• Rulers since 1700
• List of current heads of state and government at Wikipedia

Flags & Symbols

• CIA Flag pages
• Flags of the World vexillological community
• Gallery of sovereign-state flags at Wikipedia
• Gallery of country coats of arms at Wikipedia
• Heraldry of the World
• List of National Anthems at Wikipedia
• National Anthems played by the Navy Band

For Fun

Do you know the names of all the countries? Try to name them all at this Sporcle quiz. If you want to try one continent at a time, check out World Geography Games.