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Group.png Commonwealth of Nations  
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Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.svg
Commonwealth Flag - 2013.svg
Formation1949
HeadquartersMarlborough House, London
Leaders• Commonwealth Secretary-General
• Chairperson of the Commonwealth of Nations
Type international
Interest ofCrimes of Britain
Membership•  Antigua and Barbuda
• Military help with COVID lockdown in Australia in July 2021.jpg Australia
•  The Bahamas
•  Bangladesh
•  Barbados
•  Belize
•  Botswana
•  Brunei
•  Cameroon
•  Canada
•  Cyprus
•  Dominica
•  Eswatini
•  Fiji
•  Gabon
•  Gambia
• Ghana (orthographic projection).svg Ghana
•  Grenada
•  Guyana
•  India
•  Jamaica
•  Kenya
•  Kiribati
•  Lesotho
•  Malawi
•  Malaysia
•  Maldives
•  Malta
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
• Namibia.png Namibia
•  Nauru
•  New Zealand
•  Nigeria
•  Pakistan
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Rwanda
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Saint Lucia
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•  Samoa
•  Seychelles
•  Sierra Leone
•  Singapore
•  Solomon Islands
•  South Africa
•  Sri Lanka
•  Tanzania
•  Togo
•  Tonga
• Trinidad-and-Tobago-Flag.jpg Trinidad and Tobago
•  Tuvalu
•  Uganda
• EU-United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
•  Vanuatu
•  Zambia
Organisation, mostly consisting of former British Empire nations.
Britains Invisible Empire (full lecture) - EIR / September 1997

The Commonwealth of Nations, generally known simply as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, nearly all former territories of the British Empire.[1]

History

The Commonwealth dates back to the first half of the 20th century with the decolonization of the British Empire through increased self-governance of its territories. It was originally created as the British Commonwealth of Nations through the Balfour Declaration at the 1926 Imperial Conference. Queen Elizabeth II is the head of the Commonwealth - Charles, Prince of Wales her designated successor. Member states are said to have no open legal obligations to one another, just being connected through their use of the English language and historical ties. Although the two exceptions are Mozambique and Rwanda which had colonial ties to Portugal and Germany/Belgium respectively.

The countries of the Commonwealth cover more than 29,958,050 km2 (11,566,870 sq mi), equivalent to 20 per cent of the world's land area. The total population is estimated to be 2,418,964,000 as of 2016, equivalent to nearly a third of the global population, making it the second largest intergovernmental organisation by population behind the United Nations.

Oath of Allegiance

In Australia, New Zealand and Canada government officials (including police and military at times) have to swear an Oath of Allegiance to the monarch of the country, currently King Charles III.[2][3][4][5] King Charles III is king of 15 member states, known as the Commonwealth realms, while 36 other members are republics, and five others have different monarchs.


 

Known members

All 56 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Antigua and BarbudaSmall island nation in the Caribbean Sea, formerly part of the British Empire.
AustraliaA large island nation in the southern hemisphere which is pioneering universal surveillance of its citizenry.
Bangladesh8th most populated country in the world. Formerly part of the British Empire.
BarbadosScenic Caribbean island nation. Formerly part of the British Empire
BelizeThe only Central American country which is a Commonwealth realm.
BotswanaCountry in Southern Africa. Formerly part of the British Empire, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world.
BruneiSmall kingdom in South-East-Asia
CameroonWest African state
CanadaIf tar sands are counted, Canada possesses the 3rd largest oil reserves of any nation state.
CyprusA small, divided, island in the Mediterranean. Greek Cyrpus was aggressively pushing the COVID-19/Vaccine in May 2021.
Dominican RepublicCaribbean country; shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
EswatiniSmall African Kingdom; surrounded by South Africa.
FijiOne of the world's first nation states to mandate Covid vaccination for certain adults.
GabonFrench speaking country on the west coast of Africa.
GambiaThe smallest country in mainland Africa.
GhanaFormerly known as the "Gold Coast", Ghana has one of the most stable governments in Africa. A member of the African Union and the Commonwealth of Nations
GrenadaA Caribbean island, that had a coup in the 1980s.
GuyanaThe only UK colony on the mainland on South America.
IndiaThe "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire. Until independence in 1947 it was ruled from London under the auspices of a British-appointed Viceroy whose powers were absolute.
JamaicaCaribbean island
KenyaFormer UK colony in East Africa
KiribatiSmall island nation in Oceania.
LesothoSmall landlocked nation in Africa.
MalawiFormer UK colony in East Africa
MalaysiaKingdom in Southeast Asia. Known for air disasters.
MaldivesSmall country of Islands in the Indian Ocean. Main source of income for most is tourism.
MaltaIsland nation in the Mediterranean sea
MauritiusIsland nation in the Indian Ocean. Now a tax haven.
MozambiqueSouth East African state, former Portuguese colony, now in the British Commonwealth.
NamibiaA diamond rich territory, formerly occupied by South Africa
NauruAn island nation in Oceania
New ZealandAn island state next to Australia which "has become a preferred bolthole for the ultra rich". Aggressively used contact tracing and lockdowns during the COVID-19 event.
NigeriaAfrica's most populous nation state, with large reserves of oil and gas.
PakistanLike Afghanistan, former colony of the UK Pakistan is haunted by CIA drone attacks. Its nuclear weapons cache and border disputes with India also don't help. Supposedly Osama Bin Laden was killed here, in the rich, western city of Abbottabad.
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and NevisA Commonwealth island nation in the Caribbean Sea
Saint LuciaA Commonwealth island nation in the Caribbean Sea
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesA Commonwealth island nation in the Caribbean Sea
SamoaPacific island nation that might have been the site of dry run for Covid.
Seychelles
Sierra LeoneA global cocaine trafficking hub in West Africa
SingaporeDensely populated country in Asia. Tough immigration and opium laws. Former UK colony.
Solomon IslandsAn island nation in Oceania
South AfricaA former British and Dutch colony
Sri LankaSmall country in Asia, an attack blamed on IS killed more than 200 people in 2019 just after COVID erupted.
TanzaniaFormer UK colony in East Africa. The president, John Magufuli, who in 2020 resisted WHO pressure to institute a COVID lockdown, died in 2021.
The Bahamas
TogoSmall country in West Africa.
TongaPolynesian island kingdom.
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