| @ktappe: What other commonwealths have countries as members though? The context makes it quite obvious that "Commonwealth" refers to, well, The Commonwealth (as it is most often called), and not Virginia or the Bahamas or any other political entity which has the word "commonwealth" in its formal name. Similarly, you can assume that "United States" refers to the United States of America, and not the United Mexican States, even though both are technically states that are united. |