CountryReports: Cultural, Historical,Statistical Country Information

摘要

Established in 1997, CountryReports provides an online source for cultural, historical and statistical information about 239 countries at the time of this review. Users may navigate to country reports by alphabetical links or by using an interactive flash map to visually navigate to specific nations. The site also allows basic keyword searching of its 35,000 pages of content through a Google custom search engine. Each country report includes a main facts page listing a nation's capital, population, total area, gross domestic product in US dollars, and main currency. This page also links to summaries of popular foods and recipes, and rules of dining etiquette, as well as official and commonly-used languages, and expressions of greeting. Brief descriptions of family life, social customs, and clothing fashions are also linked from the Facts page, as is a single page collection of brief historical, geographic, and cultural facts.