What exactly is meant by a commonwealth state?
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The four commonwealths are Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Other than in name, they are treated no differently than states by the federal government. The philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, along with English reformer Oliver Cromwell, are associated with using the term regarding politically organized communities or governments with common goals.
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It is a state union of two former Yugoslav republics.\nthey are neighbouring states in the Balkan Peninsular.
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The Commonwealth has 53 member states. New Zealand is one of them, because, like the others, it was at one time part of the 'British Empire'. The Head of State for New Zealand is still Queen Elizabeth II. Gradually New Zealand is breaking its ties with the United Kingdom and becoming more a part of the Asia Pacific region. It is likely that it will eventually become a republic and appoint its own internal Head of State. However, it is unlikely that this will involve it leaving the Commonwealth.
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Australia has three levels of government - Commonwealth, State and Territory, and Local.  Within the Commonwealth (national) government, there are executive, legislative, and judicial arms.
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Australia joined the Commonwealth in 1931.  See below:\n\nCommonwealth Member States are: \n\nMember Country          Joined Commonwealth \n \nAntigua & Barbuda          1981\nAustralia                          1931\nBahamas                         1973\nBangladesh                     1972\nBarbados                         1966\nBelize                               1981\nBotswana                         1966\nBrunei Darussalam          1984\nCameroon                        1995 (independent 1960)\nCanada                            1931\nCyprus                             1961 (independent 1960)\nDominica                          1978\nFiji Islands                         1970 (left 1987, rejoined 1997)\nGambia                             1965\nGhana                               1957\nGrenada                            1974\nGuyana                             1966\nIndia                                  1947\nJamaica                            1962\nKenya                                1963\nKiribati                               1979\nLesotho                             1966\nMalawi                                1964\nMalaysia                             1957\nMaldives                             1982 (independent 1965)\nMalta                                  1964\nMauritius                            1968\nMozambique                      1995 (independent 1975)\nNamibia                              1990\nNauru                                  1968 (full member from 1999)\nNew Zealand                       1931\nNigeria                                 1960 (suspended 1995-99)\nPakistan                              1947 (left 1972, rejoined 1989, suspended 1999-2004)\nPapua New Guinea             1975\nSt Kitts and Nevis                1983\nSt Lucia                               1979\nSt Vincent & Grenadines     1979\nSamoa                                 1970 (independent 1962)\nSeychelles                           1976\nSierra Leone                        1961\nSingapore                            1965\nSolomon Islands                  1978\nSouth Africa                         1931 (left 1961, rejoined 1994)\nSri Lanka                             1948\nSwaziland                            1968\nTanzania                             1961\nTonga                                  1970\nTrinidad and Tobago           1962\nTuvalu                                 1978 (full member from 2000)\nUganda                               1962\nUnited Kingdom\nVanuatu                              1980\nZambia                               1964
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Mozambique joined the Commonwealth in 1995. One of the reasons being that at the time it was surrounded by Commonwealth members (this is no longer true as Zimbabwe isn't in the Commonealth anymore) and much or its tradea nd business was done with members of the commonwealth. Also the Commonwealth provides assistance in many areas, which mozmabique has been able to take advangtage of. It is an interesting anomoly though but there must be something in it as Cameroon and Namibia have also joined the commonwealth and were never British colonies (in the full sense).
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Fixed Territory- \nmeans state has its own boundary and international recognition\nPopulation- \nstate has its own people who living together\nGovernment- \nthere must be a recognized government that is responsible for the administration of its people\nSovereignty - \nhas it own sovereignty, which denotes independence both internally and externally.
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Both terms apply to political structures, i.e. nations. Though Britain can be applied to the islands that comprise the area "British Isles"\nGreat Britain is Scotland, England and Wales\n\nUnited Kingdom is correctly defined as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"  It does include small nearby islands, excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Legally It does include international protectorates (Belize) as the sovereign state but not commonwealth countries
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you might want to be more specific. It could mean one of two things as I see it. 1) It could mean a governmental system which splits governing power between branches (executive, legislative, judicial) or in a federalist system (federal and state). Or 2) you could be refering to a mixed economy; a system somewhere situated between a free and command economy where the capital is privately owned but heavily regulated by the government (i.e. Great Britain, Sweden). Hope that helps.
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Great Britain is a nation, not England, Scotland and Wales they are countries not a bunch of islands. Just as in the comonwealth they are seperate. Is Australia not part of the commonwealth as this would mean we could start picking your players instead.\nYou were well beat so get over it, and if anyones a cheat it's Willie Mason.
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They are a state...define normal
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ok since you didn't really ask a question, per se, let me ask one for you...\nWhat exactly are commonwealth games?
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Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations held on the second Monday in March, and which is marked by a multi-faith service in Westminster Abbey normally attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Secretary-General and the Commonwealth High Commissioners in London. The Queen delivers an address to the Commonwealth which is broadcast throughout the world on the BBC.\n\nWhile it has a certain official status, Commonwealth Day is not a public holiday in most Commonwealth countries and there is very little public awareness of it.\n\nAfter the death in 1901 of Queen Victoria, the first British Monarch who used the style Emperor/Empress of India (in the British position as Paramount ruler) in addition to the royal title of the UK, her birthday, May 24, was made an annual commemoration under the name Empire Day.\n\nIn 1958 Empire Day was renamed Commonwealth Day, in accordance with the new post-colonial form of the forum of nations bound by the (former or continuing) rule of the British crown, and from 1977 it has been celebrated on the second Monday in March rather than in May.\n\nIn 2006 Queen Elizabeth II delivered her Commonwealth Day address from St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia.
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All the countries that belong to the Commonwealth.\n\nLook at this:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations#List_of_Commonwealth_members\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations_by_continent\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations_by_date_joined\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations_by_name
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ACT stands for Australian Capital Territory.\n\nAustralian Capital Territory (1991 pop. 276,468), 939 sq mi (2,432 sq km), SE Australia, an enclave within New South Wales, containing Canberra, capital of Australia. It was called the Federal Capital Territory until 1938. Most of the territory consists of an area formerly known as Yass-Canberra, which was ceded to the commonwealth by New South Wales in 1911. In 1915, New South Wales additionally ceded Jervis Bay, providing a potential port for Canberra. In 1988 the territory gained self-government with its own unicameral parliament, and Jervis Bay was separated from the territory. The federal government is the largest employer in the territory. Nearly all of the population lives in Canberra.
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A state is an organized political community, occupying a territory, and possessing internal and external sovereignty, which successfully claims the monopoly on the use of force.\n\nIt may or may not have an organized government to exist. Several states have had episodes were two or more groups dispute control of the government, such as the Republic of China in 1912, but they never lost their state quality. Thus, a government is not necessary for a state to be a state as long as its existence is recognized by the international community. However, recognition of the state's claim to sovereignty by other states, enables it to enter into international agreements. Moreover, it needs a government to control its internal affairs.
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Puerto Rico is in fact a US Colony.  The term Commonwealth is not mutually exclusive from the term Colony.  The statehood and pro-commonwealth movements account for around 95% of the population (1 to 1 ratio) and the independence movement is around 5%.  Puerto Ricans do not have the power to obtain either independence or statehood.  Any final decision will be in the hands of the US Congress.  I hope Puerto Rico becomes a state at one point in the future.  Although Puerto Ricans have the right to become independent, most of them do not want it.  In that respect, and if democracy prevails, Puerto Rico will not be independent.  Until we decide to change our status quo, the US legislators will go to the island to campaign and seem interested in our situation, and nothing important will happen.