The Commonwealth of nations is an intergovernmental organisation with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of the organization and the head of the 53 member states. 16 of the 53 three states fall under the monarch of the queen Elizabeth and are also known as the Commonwealth realms. The the members of the organization are united by language history and culture, shared values of human rights and rule of law. There is no political obligation between any two member states. The commonwealth manages to span over one fourth of the total land area of the world. The members states together produce over 17% of the total Gross Domestic product of the world.
The Commonwealth of nations derived from the fall of the British empire. While others, including Lord Rosebery, described it as "the change of the empire". There are some countries that didn't join the Commonwealth group and after world war II the empire lost 14 more of the nations.
The total population of the commonwealth realms is over 2 billion people, which makes over one third of the total world population. The total land area of all the realms together cover almost quarter of the total land area on the world.
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