Costa Rica

The Republic of Costa Rica is a republic of Central America. Remarkably for the region, Costa Rica has stood as a bastion of stability and democracy for decades. In fact, Costa Rica has no military, only a domestic police force. The capital is San José.

• History of Costa Rica
• Geography of Costa Rica
• Demographics of Costa Rica
• Politics of Costa Rica
• Economy of Costa Rica
• Communications in Costa Rica
• Transportation in Costa Rica
• Military of Costa Rica
• Foreign relations of Costa Rica
• Cuisine of Costa Rica
• Cloud Forests of Costa Rica[?]

International rankings

• world-wide press freedom index (http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=4116) Rank 15 out of 139 countries (2 way tie)

Reference

• Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.