"The 2000 CIA World Factbook" by United States Central Intelligence Agency is a reference resource published in 2000. This comprehensive almanac provides two- to three-page summaries of demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military information for 258 international entities worldwide. Originally created for U.S. government officials, the Factbook draws from numerous public and private sources to compile its data. As a work of the U.S. government, it exists in the public domain and serves both official purposes and academic research. (This is an automatically generated summary.)