The 1991 CIA World Factbook

"The 1991 CIA World Factbook" by the United States Central Intelligence Agency is a comprehensive scientific publication created during the early 1990s. The material serves as an annual reference for United States government officials, offering detailed statistical information and analysis on various countries and territories around the world, including political, economic, and geographic data. At the start of the Factbook, there is an introduction outlining the purpose and structure of the publication, emphasizing its utility for government officials and the frameworks for the presentation of data. The opening section includes notes on how to search the directory effectively, followed by a detailed table of contents. The introduction stresses the collaborative nature of the information provided, citing numerous agencies that contributed to the Factbook, and it sets the stage for the in-depth analysis of 247 nations and territories that follows. It highlights critical statistics and elements that shape international relations and provides insight into various countries' demographics, economies, governments, and geographic details. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

The Central Intelligence Agency, known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations. The agency is headquartered in the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.