What is the Commonwealth of Nations?
Commonwealth of Nations
political association of 53 member states
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally known as The Commonwealth,[2] is a sui generis political association of 53 member states, nearly all of them former territories of the British Empire.[3] The chief institutions of the organisation are the Commonwealth Secretariat, which focuses on intergovernmental aspects, and the Commonwealth Foundation, which focuses on non-governmental relations between member states.[4]