The following changes have occurred in the World Factbook.

World Changes:
   Countries or areas that no longer exist:
     Soviet Union
     Yugoslavia
     Iraq/Saudi Neutral zone

   Newly formed countries:
     Armenia
     Azerbaijan
     Bosnia and Hercegovina
     Croatia
     Estonia
     Georgia
     Kazakhstan
     Kyrgystan
     Latvia
     Lithuania
     Macedonia
     Moldova
     Russia
     Serbia and Montenegro
     Slovenia
     Tajikistan
     Turkmenistan
     Ukraine
     Uzbekistan

   These changes resulted from the breakup of the Soviet Union and
   Yugoslavia.  Note that the breakup of Czechoslovakia did not
   officially occur until January 1993 and is represented as one country.


Our changes:
   New data from the CIA for all the countries.
   Added State Department data including:
      Entry requirements, travel advisories, consular notes, background
      notes, photos, special topics, and terror group profiles.
   Added CIA regional maps.
   Added photos of points of interest for selected countries.
   Added rankings of the countries across 24 selected statistics
      for comparisons across countries.  Also added 48 charts
      that compare the top and bottom ten countries for each statistic.
   Added animated spinning globe with sound.