Why is a country allowed to compete in the comm games?

Answer 1

In order to qualify for competition in the Commonwealth Games, a nation has to be a member of The Commonwealth, an international organisation comprised of the former nations of the British Empire who seek to maintain links both with Britain and with each other as a result of the positive economic, cultural, political and infrastructural benefits that Britain brought to them. Former Empire nations are not obliged to be members of the Commonwealth, and some, such as the USA, choose not to be. Others, such as Zimbabwe, have their membership expelled due to their poor human rights record or if they become dictatorships, and are only readmitted after they reform their ways and re-establish democracy.