The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 265 world entities. Produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, the World Factbook presents the basic realities about the world in which we live. It is visited by tens of millions of visitors annually; the Web site is especially popular during the school year, with a noticeable drop-off in online visits during the summer months. In all, The World Factbook is one of the US Government’s most popular Web sites.
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