Merriam-Webster's Pocket Atlas

We keep this handy reference near our TV-watching chairs. So when someplace like Benin pops up on the evening news we no longer have to wonder, "where in the world is that place?" There's some basic information like per-capita GNP, main exports, trading partners, population (early 1990's), flag symbolism, etc. Certainly worth the used book price offered by so many Biblio-affiliated book sellers.