Your questions to consider for your countries of choice:

1) Elections? Does your country hold elections? Why or why not? What do their elections look like?
2) Structure? How is the government structured? Parliamentary? Legislative? Both? Neither?
3) Leadership? What type of leader does the country have? Prime Minister? President? Dictator? How did they come to power?
4) Neighbours? Who are their neighbours? Is their relationship good? Bad? Why?
5) World influence? Is your country a world leader? Do they have influence? How are they seen to the rest of the world?
6) Enemies? Allies? Why? History?
7) Is your country a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd world country? Do they have money? What do they export? Trade?