COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES

( note that they do not consider any other name for the "Union" of
sort;
List of contries found under this internet heading:
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country  date joined constitutional status


Anguilla
 1931
 British dependent territory

Antigua and Barbuda
 1981 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Australia 1931 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Australian Antarctic Territory 1936 Australian external territory
Bahamas 1973 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Bangladesh 1972 sovereign republic
Barbados 1966 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Belize 1982 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Bermuda 1931 British dependent territory
Botswana 1966 sovereign republic
British Antarctic Territory 1931 British dependent territory
British Indian Ocean Territory 1965 British dependent territory
British Virgin Islands 1931 British dependent territory
Brunei 1984 sovereign monarchy
Cameroon 1995 emergent democratic republic
Canada 1931 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Cayman Islands 1931 British dependent territory
Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey) 1931 UK crown dependencies
Cook Islands 1931 New Zealand associated territory
Cyprus 1961 sovereign republic
Dominica 1978 sovereign republic
Falkland Islands 1931 British dependent territory
Falkland Islands Dependencies 1931 British dependent territories
Fiji 1970, 1997 sovereign republic
Gambia 1965 sovereign republic
Ghana 1957 sovereign republic
Gibraltar 1931 British dependent territory
Grenada 1974 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Guyana 1966 sovereign republic
India 1947 sovereign republic
Isle of Man 1931 UK crown dependency
Jamaica 1962 sovereign constitutional monarchy
Kenya
 1963
 sovereign republic

Kiribati
 1979
 sovereign republic

Lesotho
 1966
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

Malawi
 1964
 sovereign republic

Malaysia
 1957
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

Maldives
 1982
 sovereign republic

Malta
 1964
 sovereign republic

Mauritius
 1968
 sovereign republic

Montserrat
 1931
 British dependent territory

Mozambique
 1995
 emergent democratic republic

Namibia
 1990
 sovereign republic

Nauru
 1968
 sovereign republic

New Zealand
 1931
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

Nigeria
 1960
 sovereign republic

Niue
 1931
 New Zealand associated territory

Norfolk Island
 1931
 Australian external territory

Pakistan
 1947
 sovereign republic

Papua New Guinea
 1975
 Sovereign constitutional monarchy

Pitcairn Islands
 1931
 British dependent territory

Ross Dependency
 1931
 New Zealand associated territory

Seychelles
 1976
 sovereign republic

Sierra Leone
 1961
 sovereign republic

Singapore
 1965
 sovereign republic

Solomon Islands
 1978
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

South Africa
 1910
 sovereign republic

Sri Lanka
 1948
 sovereign republic

St Christopher-Nevis
 1983
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

St Helena
 1931
 British dependent territory

St Lucia
 1979
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

St Vincent and the Grenadines
 1979
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

Swaziland
 1968
 sovereign republic

Tanzania
 1961
 sovereign republic

Tokelau
 1931
 New Zealand associated territory

Tonga
 1970
 sovereign monarchy

Trinidad and Tobago
 1962
 sovereign republic

Turks and Caicos Islands
 1931
 British dependent territory

Tuvalu
 1978
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

Uganda
 1962
 sovereign republic

United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
 1931
 sovereign constitutional monarchy

Vanuatu
 1980
 sovereign republic

Western Samoa
 1970
 sovereign republic

Zambia
 1964
 sovereign republic

Zimbabwe
 1980
 sovereign republic