BBC has a good collection of Country Profiles.
Neatly Segmented with types of information ,
quite useful for a top level summary level view on the
country or as a starting point for a country analysis.
It covers countries, territories and even some notable
organizations.
Copyright @ bbc. And access is free !!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Eg. India
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1154019.stm
