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Here's Mark Zimmerman's hypercard stack of the CIA's 1993 World Factbook.
Geography? You bet! Politics? Plenty. World events? Look no further. Find out which countries are selling drugs or shipping arms. Who's angry at whom.
For each country (and there's hundreds of 'em), find the geography (Angola has 1600 miles of coastline and claims a 200 mile exclusive fishing zone), Population (9 million with a 2.6% growth rate), Governemnt (republic), Economy, Communications, and Defense force.
Great stuff here. Use this stack alongside the evening news. It gives the background to world conflicts (and peace). And it's free ...