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The Commonwealth countries are called that because they are all members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations can compete in the Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth countries are those countries that are members of an organization called the Commonwealth of Nations. Most members, but not all, were once part of the British Empire.
As of May 2013, the Commonwealth has 54 member countries.
Many different languages are spoken in the many Commonwealth countries. The English language is common to most members of the Commonwealth.
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Mozambique There are three African members of the Commonwealth that were never under British rule: Mozambique, Namibia and Rwanda.
There are eight Asian countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations: Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka.
There is no direct economic or political benefit from being a member of the Commonwealth, although trade between Commonwealth members tends to be more intensive than the trade with non-members, also because of regular economic and political summits between members. Some Commonwealth countries (but certainly not all of them) give preferential treatment to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. As a commonwealth citizen, you can get consular assistance anywhere in the world from the embassy of another Commonwealth country if your own country does not have an Embassy there.
Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS had all been formerly members of the USSR and the annexed countries. These annexed countries were Hungary, East Germany, Poland, or Lithuania.
The Commonwealth Games are a series or sports competitions among the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, which is primarily a group of countries that were once part of the British Empire. Neither China nor Japan are members of the Commonwealth & hence are not a part of the games.
Currently, there are 54 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.