An independent country or community, esp. a democratic republic
An aggregate or grouping of countries or other bodies
A community or organization of shared interests in a nonpolitical field
A self-governing unit voluntarily grouped with the US, such as Puerto Rico
A formal title of some of the states of the US, esp. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
The title of the federated Australian states
The republican period of government in Britain between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660
The general good
An international association consisting of the UK together with states that were previously part of the British Empire, and dependencies. The British monarch is the symbolic head of the Commonwealth