Statesman Worldwide??

Hello everybody!

I'm beginning in this hobby, still trying to decide what to collect. Meanwhile, I'm buying some packets here and there.

What I know for sure is:
- I don't intend to collect my own country (Brasil) because I want to see another cultures, places that I already visited, places that I would like to visit;
- The idea of filling spaces appeals to me, so I prefer pre-printed albuns rather than stock books;
- Designing my own albuns is out of question;
- I would like that the albuns depicted some information about the stamp (when and why they were issued, for example);
- Some countries that interest me: USA, France, Great Britain, and few others from Europe;
- I'm not interested in variations - just "one of each" is enough...

One idea is to buy a worldwide album and use only the pages of the countries that interest me...

So, after this (long) introduction, my questions are:
How are the pages of the Statesman Wordwilde Album? Does it have spaces only for regular stamps, or the comemoratives too? How "complete" is it? (remember that I'm not interested is variations) Does is have any information about the stamps?

Thanks for any help, and sorry for the poor english!