The Commonwealth in Brief [antikvár]

The Commonwealth comprises: 28 independent member countries: Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Ghana, Malaysia, Nigeria, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Malta, Zambia, The Gambia, Singapore, Guyana, Botswana, Lesotho, Barbados, Mauritius and Swaziland. The total population of these countries is about 800 million and their total area over 10| million square miles.There are some 40 dependencies of, or states associated with. Commonwealth countries, most of them being small islands or sparsely populated territories. Most are dependencies of Britain; Australia and New Zealand both have a few dependencies.The Queen is recognised as head of the Commonwealth by all member countries. In some she is head of state, others are republics within the Commonwealth, and Malaysia, Lesotho and Swaziland have their own monarchs.