Key to
Reading the World Information Pages
Please Note: For you to be able to gain full value from this web
site you will need to learn what all of the symbols below mean.
Various data bases throughout the world show different statistics, and
so we have done our best to check with governments and some other
reliable sources (including our friends, members, supporters and our
many contacts in the Diplomatic Corps and the International Media
Community, living in the countries involved). If you should find a
mistake on our site, or just know a better source of facts and data;
please let us know.
Each
country's Embassy located in Washington DC is shown thus.
British Foreign Office
Travel Advice for business and tourist
travellers.
United Nations
Mission
The Nation's permanent mission to the
United Nations.
Constitutional Monarchy
When a Country is a Constitutional
Monarchy it is shown thus.
Languages
A listing of the languages spoken in the country.
Travel Guide
All you need to know if travelling to the country.
Pictures
Pictures of the country, its
people and its cities.
Universities
A listing of major Universities
within the country.
BBC
British
Broadcasting Corporation Country Profile
Etiquette,
Customs and Protocol Guide
Country Profiles
United States Central Intelligence Agency
United States Department of
State
British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Australian Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic
of China
German Federal
Foreign Office
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Russian Federation
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