The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Includes historical, economic, political and social/cultural info on countries.
Note: The link takes you to the abstract of the report. Look on the upper left for the pdf link to the full report
Passport offers country reports that highlight: Economic and Political climate. In the search box enter in country name and then look for the Country Report.