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country
date joined
constitutional status
Kenya
1963
sovereign republic
Kiribati
1979
sovereign republic
Lesotho
1966
sovereign constitutional monarchy
Malawi
1964
sovereign republic
Malaysia
1957
sovereign constitutional monarchy
Maldives
1982
sovereign republic
Malta
1964
sovereign republic
Mauritius
1968
sovereign republic
Montserrat
1931
British dependent territory
Mozambique
1995
emergent democratic republic
Namibia
1990
sovereign republic
Nauru
1968
sovereign republic
New Zealand
1931
sovereign constitutional monarchy
Nigeria
1960
sovereign republic
Niue
1931
New Zealand associated territory
Norfolk Island
1931
Australian external territory
Pakistan
1947
sovereign republic
Papua New Guinea
1975
Sovereign constitutional monarchy
Pitcairn Islands
1931
British dependent territory
Ross Dependency
1931
New Zealand associated territory
Seychelles
1976
sovereign republic
Sierra Leone
1961
sovereign republic
Singapore
1965
sovereign republic
Solomon Islands
1978
sovereign constitutional monarchy
South Africa
1910
sovereign republic
Sri Lanka
1948
sovereign republic
St Christopher-Nevis
1983
sovereign constitutional monarchy
St Helena
1931
British dependent territory
St Lucia
1979
sovereign constitutional monarchy
St Vincent and the Grenadines
1979
sovereign constitutional monarchy
Swaziland
1968
sovereign republic
Tanzania
1961
sovereign republic
Tokelau
1931
New Zealand associated territory
Tonga
1970
sovereign monarchy
Trinidad and Tobago
1962
sovereign republic
Turks and Caicos Islands
1931
British dependent territory
Tuvalu
1978
sovereign constitutional monarchy
Uganda
1962
sovereign republic
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
1931
sovereign constitutional monarchy
Vanuatu
1980
sovereign republic
Western Samoa
1970
sovereign republic
Zambia
1964
sovereign republic
Zimbabwe
1980
sovereign republic