The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. It is usually updated on Thursdays.
June 26, 2025 update: “The World Factbook is introducing a new data field for national coats of arms, which will be found under the Government category on each country’s page. We have already posted almost thirty coats of arms and will gradually be adding more over the next several months. Watch for them to appear in the Fact of the Day on the home page!”